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.

Yemi Osinbajo     Sunset Workers     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Ramat Oganija     Ilofa     Curfew     Allocation     Aliyu Muyideen     Yakubu Danladi     Kazeem Gbolagade     Bello Bature     Buari Edun     Bond     Shehu Jimoh     Ayo Adeyemi     Oni Adebayo     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     FERMA     SWAN     Alanamu     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Seed Technologies     Mufti Of Ilorin     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Jide Oyinloye     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Shuaib Jawondo     Ubandawaki     Rashidi Yekini     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Tanke Road     Omar Gambari     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Idris Amosa Saidu     Okiki     Kolawole Bashirat     Fawenu     Ahmed \'Lateef     Saka Saadu     Tunde Saad     Oniye     Yemi Sanni     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Hamza Usman     JMK Construction Company Limited     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Yinka Aluko     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Sadiq Buhari     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Saheed Akinwumi     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Atiku     Oluronke Adeyemi     Baboko     Pakata Development Association     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Agbarere     Kwara State Governor     Patience Jonathan     Lateef Fagbemi     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Kwara State University Of Education     Bisi Oyeleke     Abubakar Ndakene     Odolaye Aremu     Sarakite     Laduba     SUBEB     Ajuloopin     Sam Okaula     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Hassan Saliu     Gurei    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Borgu     Tanke Road     Tosho Yaqub     Offorjama     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Ajasse-Ipo     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Osinbajo     Akume     Ilorin East     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Sabitiyu Grillo     Abubakar Suleiman     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Abdulfatah Ahmed     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Ariyo     Kwara South     Shehu Salau     Femi Oladiji     Aliyu Muyideen     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Balogun-Ojomu     Oko     Council Of The Wise     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Iyiola Oyedepo     Isa Aremu     Amuda Musbau     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     IHS Towers     Kola Olota     Jelili Yusuf     KW-GIS     Alaro     Ibrahim Jawondo     Bureau Of Lands     Mubarak Oladosu     Oniyangi     Lanwa     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Idris Amosa Saidu     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Stephen Fasakin     Alore     Dagbalodo     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Esinrogunjo     LEAH Charity Foundation     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Centre For Digital Economy     CUTI     Kulende     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Kwara Liberation Group     Computer Based Test     Balikis Jawondo     AbdulHamid Adi     Shehu Adaramaja     Sayomi     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     International Vocational Centre     Ahman Pategi     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Gbemisola Oguntimehin     Garba Dogo     Olatunde Jare     Olokoba Sulyman     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Shehu Alimi Foundation