Young woman led gang of robbers who raided banks in Ikorodu yesterday

The gang of dare devil robbers who stormed some banks in Ikorodu yesterday were led by a woman. Witnesses who were in the area at the time of the robberies at 2 banks confirmed this. A bank official, who narrated how the robbery took place, said the ecstasy displayed by the robbers was only comparable to “what you see when a footballer scores a decisive goal.”

As some of the gang members held everyone in bank hostage while looting additional cash from the strong room, others were doing the same at the First Bank branch in the area.

Satisfied with their bounty,the gunmen stormed out and challenged policemen in the police station opposite the First Bank branch to confront them.
Even though no policeman was in sight,they displayed more bravado by setting three Sports Utility Vehicles which they drove to the banks on fire. Before this, they had removed the number plates of the vehicles.

The raid lasted over one hour and was similar to the March 12 robbery in Lekki, Lagos.

Four persons, including a teenage apprentice vulcaniser, simply identified as Rilwan, were injured by the robbers who fled through a jetty in the area.

The bandits,numbering about 16 invaded the banks, located directly opposite the Ipakodo Police Division,at about 9am and started shooting indiscriminately.

They opened fire at the police station to scare the officers, after which they proceeded with their operation.

The robbers used dynamite to shatter the rotor doors of the two banks to gain entrance and order members of staff and their customers to lie down.

Some of the gunmen were outside the banks firing into the air for over an hour.

Some security operatives, comprising policemen and soldiers, arrived the area around 1.30pm after the robbers had fled.

The robbers carted away over N80m from Zenith Bank which “a bullion van was to transport out of the bank.”

Punch