Police debunk report of bank robbery in Ilorin

Date: 2018-05-19

The Nigerian Police on Friday denied reports that robbers invaded a bank in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State.

An Assistant Commissioner of Police and the head of Nigerian Police Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU), Abayomi Shogunle, made this known in a tweet on Friday.

Some internet users had on Friday circulated reports across social media that some banks were under attack in Taiwo Isale area of the city.

The reports, which had gone viral by noon, threw many people into confusion with claims that business activities had been disrupted in the affected area.

But Mr Shogunle said the reports were "fake news". He said police's preliminary investigations revealed that a bank worker might have mistakenly activated the alarm button.

"There is no ongoing bank robbery incident in Ilorin, Kwara State. Please disregard the #FakeNews in circulation," he tweeted.

"@PoliceNG_PCRRU checks reveals that a bank worker might have mistakenly activated Alarm Button. @PoliceNG patrol units are fully on ground in #Ilorin."

Mr Shogunle's clarification was also retweeted via the official handle of the Nigerian Police Force.

A resident of Ilorin who moved around the Taiwo Isale area told PREMIUM TIMES at about 3.13pm on Friday that although it was unclear whether there was any incidence earlier, there were no signs of unrest in the area.

The development is coming few weeks after robbers invaded banks in neighboring Offa town, killing some residents and police officers

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Iyabo Adewuyi     Raliat Islamic Foundation     The Herald     Adama Isa     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Kwara North     Press Release     AGF Abdulrazaq     Zainab Abass     Tsaragi-Share     Balogun-Ojomu     Jumoke Gafar     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     T And K FOODS     ANCOPPS     TIC     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Abubakar Imam     Emmanuel Bello     Oba Abdulraheem     SGBN     Gbenga Awoyale     Labaeka     Kannike     Omoniyi Ayinla     Olokoba Sulyman     Just Event Online     Aliyu Salihu     Sam Okaula     Kehinde Baale     Saidu Yaro Musa     Ilorin.Info     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     AbdulGafar Tosho     Valsolar Consortium     Diagnostic Centre     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Mumeen Lah     Yetunde Balogun     Col. Taiwo     Metro Park     Al-Hikmah Radio     Olabanji Orilonishe     3MTT     Bayer AG     Bature Bello     Sanusi Abubakar     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Yekini Adio     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Mutawali     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Bilikisu Gambari     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Aso-ofi     Ayinde Oki     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Ganiyu Taofiq     Owu Fall     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Saka Isau     Orire     TIIDELab     Lanre Aremu     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Kayode Bankole     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Isiaka Yusuf     Gwanara    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Femi Gbajabiamila     Mufti Of Ilorin     Inside Kwara     KWSIEC     08001000100     Sa\'adu Gambari     Hajj     Adebayo Salami     Simeon Sayomi     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Monkey Pox     Eghe Igbinehi     Alanamu     Zainab Abass     Playing Host     Undergraduate Bursary     Ibrahim Jawondo     Garba Idris Ajia     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Adama Isa     Dasuki Belgore     Baruten     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Ahmed Dankaya     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Ijagbo     Peculiar Allowance     Summit University     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Ayobami Seriki     Atiku Abubakar     Idowu Aremu     Post Utme     JAAC     Tunji Folami     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Ladi Hassan     Oluwole Dupe     Wole Oke     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Tunji Olawuyi     Aliyu Salihu     Haliru Yahaya     Bolaji Aladie     Abdullahi Biffo     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     N-Power     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     The Herald     TESCOM     Omoniyi Ayinla     Durbar     Fatimat Saliu     Sardauna Of Ilorin     RTEAN     Doyin Agbamu     Kamoru Kadiri     Gobir     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Smart School     REO CAKES     Shade Omoniyi     S.O. Opowoye     Sabo-Oke     Kwara Consultative Forum     Funke Adedoyin     Transition Implementation Committee     Gabriel Fashanu     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Najim Yaasin     Goodluck Jonathan     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Nigeria Customs Service     Funmi Salau     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Abdulrasheed Akogun