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.

Abdulazeez Arowona     Pius Abioje     Muhammadu Buhari     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Lucky Omoluwa     Kwara North     Alanamu     Ajia-Bako     Jimoh Akani     Ganiyu Taofiq     Ita-Nmo Market     Muslim Cementary     Oyawoye     Halidu Danbaba     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Sai Kayi     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     BIR     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     SUBEB     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Shoprite     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Overland     Kwara Polytechnic     School Of Nursing     Durosinlohun Atiku     Fatimat Saliu     Baboko Primary School     Alliance For Democracy     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Tope Daramola     Muazam Nayaya     Shonga Farm Project     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Sheikh Alimi     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Trader Moni     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Lola Ashiru     Saliu Tunde Bello     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Kayode Laro     Ilesha-Gwanara     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Unilorin FM     Ilofa     Principal Private Secretary     Onilu     Oro Grammar School     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Isiaka Oniwa     Leke Ogungbe     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Ilesha-Baruba     Saka Onimago     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Mufti Of Ilorin     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Abatemi Usman     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Olatunji Bamgbola     Salary     Idris Garuba     KWIRS     Nurudeen Mohammed     Dogara     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Forgo Battery     Baruten     Kola Adesina     Abubakar Atiku     Garba Idris Ajia    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abiodun Oyedepo     Lafiagi     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Jare Olatundun     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     KWAFFA     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Alaiye     Offa     Kola Shittu     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     KWIRS     Lawal Jimoh     Haliru Yahaya     Muhammed Danjuma     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Ganiyu Taofiq     Yemi Osinbajo     Kwara 2015     Harafat E. Mukadam     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Lawal Olohungbebe     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Ayinde Oki     Saka Onimago     IEDPU     Garba Idris Ajia     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Talaka Parapo     Fola Consultant     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Esinrogunjo     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Kwara Pdp     Flights To Ilorin     Sadiq Buhari     Sunset Workers     Solomon Edojah     Afonja Descendants Union     Samuel Adaramola     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Kisra     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Guber Aspirant     Wale Oladepo     Iyeru Grammar School     Rasheed Jimoh     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Sarakite     Basit Olatunji     Ibrahim Orire     Alanamu     Crystal Corner Shops     Saeedat Aliyu     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Kamoru Kadiri     Folorunsho Alao     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Firdaos Amasa     LAK Jimoh     Sheikh Alimi     Towoju     Ojo Fadumila     Ahmed \'Lateef     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Abdulazeez Arowona     Alfa Yahaya Road     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Yashikira     Segun Abifarin     Seed Technologies