By Richards Nzemeke
A suspected robbery
gang on Monday stormed the Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) branch along Shell RA Bus
Stop in Port Harcourt, Rivers, injuring some persons.
An eye witness who
spoke in anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt that
the robbery took place between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m.
The witness said it
was not certain if the gang succeeded in leaving with some amount of money as a
soldier was said to have pursued the fleeing robbers with his private car.
Sources said the
hoodlums escaped through Rumuibekwe Street to unknown destination.
Nnandi Omond, police public
relations officer (PRO) in the state told NAN that he learnt of the robbery,
but had yet to receive the full details.
Omoni said he would
get back to journalists after getting the details of the matter.
Robbers had attacked
Owo town in Ondo state in what appears coordinated attacks on banks, residents
of the town have said.
Several banks in the
town were attacked in the two-hour operation, with a manager in one of the
banks reportedly shot dead.
Bystanders and
passers-by were feared dead, and several others injured, while one of the
attacked banks was set ablazed, a security source said.
The robbers were
believed to have made away with large amounts of money from the banks.
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