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.

Olayinka Are     Mashood Dauda     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Abubakar Baba     International Vocational Centre     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Ohoro Of Shao     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Playing Host     Babata     Kwara University Of Education     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Akeem Lawal     Onikijipa     Ilofa     Kwara Liberation Group     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Overland     Abdulkareem Alabi     Baruba     Aminat Omodara     Ibrahim Abikan     Suleiman Idris     Najim Yaasin     AbdulHamid Adi     Shero     Orisun Igbomina     Haliru Yahaya     Alabere     Abubakar Atiku     Kehinde Boyede     March 18     Curfew     Ojuekun Sarumi     Oyun     Pategi     Ajayi Okasanmi     Maigida     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Bolakale Kawu     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Agboola Abdulraheem     Baba Issa Awoye     United Nigeria Airline     Yetunde Balogun     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Maryam A. Garuba     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Teachers Specific Allowance     Quareeb     Adaramaja     Shettima Of Ilorin     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     David Oyedepo     IYA YUSUF     Laolu Saraki     Olatunji Ayeni     Funmi Salau     Musa Alhassan Buge     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Tunji Moronfoye     Temitope Ogunbanke     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     HICA     Dele Belgore     Hakeem Idris     Ahman Patigi     Umar Danladi Shero     Oniye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

General Hospital, Offa     IsDB     Kayode Ibrahim     IFK     Sanusi Abubakar     Saad Omo\'ya     Senate     Sam Onile     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Kwara Politics     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Igbaja     Shehu Adaramaja     Balogin Alanamu     Amina El-Imam     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Rashidi Yekini     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Ridwan Agboola     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Sheriff Shagaya     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     UTME     Mubarak Oladosu     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     CCT     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Lai Gobir     Oja-Oba     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Olupako     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Bisi Kristien     Col. Adedipe     Idi-Ape     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Smart School     Abubakar Baba     Bashiru Makama     Salman Jawondo     University Road     Hauwa Nuru     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Nurudeen Mohammed     Sun Qing Rong     Olaosebikan     BECE     Elewu     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Isiaka Oniwa     Shagari     Share-Tsaragi     Olaiya Zuberu     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Popo-Igbonna     Onikijipa     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Ilesha-Gwanara     Ibrahim Akaje     Abdullahi Biffo     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Moji Makanjuola     Ijagbo     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Shuaib Jawondo     Kwara Hotel     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Mohammed Haruna     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Ajuloopin     Ajasse-Ipo     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd