By Ola ‘Kiya, Reporting
Following the Ubiaja youths’ interception of fleeing hoodlums who invaded banks at Uromi on Thursday, the Edo Police Command has confirmed N34, 510,000 as total monies recovered from the abandoned vehicles.
Stonix News had reported the late Thursday evening coordinated armed robbery attacks on some commercial banks in Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area of the state.
The Command, in a statement by its spokesman, Bello Kontongs, on Friday evening, stated that the money was recovered from the abandoned operational vehicles used by the armed robbers at a bush in Ubiaja, Esan South-East LGA, a neighboring council to Uromi.
He added that when the police received the information about the abandoned vehicles and money, the Command mobilised its men, and in conjunction with members of the local vigilante and a traditional ruler from Ubiaja, swiftly moved to the scene.
The statement titled: “Recovery of Abandoned Vehicles/Other aitems Use in Uromi Bank Robbery” reads:
“Today 25/02/2022 at about 0730 Operatives of the Edo state police command in conjunction with local Vigilantes accompanied by Chief John Odijie, the Oniha of Ubiaja led by the DPO Ubiaja acting on credible information that some vehicles suspected to have been used by armed Robbers in Uromi Bank Robbery Operations on the 24/02 /2022 were seen hidden in Oruen Quaters Bush of Ubiaja in Esan south East Local Government Area of Edo State.
“On receipt of the information the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ubiaja mobilized his men who during the bank robbery operations, police operatives blocked all the exit routes from in and out of Uromi town, together with the team immediately mobilize to the location and recovered the following vehicles and items; One Red Colour Camry car with Reg.No. EZA 105 KJA, One ash Colour Camry Car with Reg. No. KWL 19 DU, One Dark Ash colour corolla car with Reg. No. UBJ 734 SZ, One Lexus 330 car with Reg. No. AAA 973 FL, One Red Q. Link M/CYCLE With Reg. No. EZA 105 QN, One Red Day Long M/Cycle With Reg. No. ENU 204 QL, Two small bags containing women Items, one Union Bank ATM card and Cash Sum Thirty four million, five hundred and ten thausan Naira only ( #34,510,000.00)”.
The statement added that “the Commissioner of Police, Edo State Police Command, CP Philip Aliyu Ogbadu, while symphatising with the families of the dead in the unfortunate incident, promised not to relent until all those behind the attack are bought to face the full wrath of the law.”
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