An eyewitness said the robbery caused panic in the area as customers in  neighbouring banks fled when they received information about the attack. 

Banks at Omu-Aran in Irepodun Local Government were said to have closed on hearing of the Offa robbery.

Late last year, armed robbers stormed some banks in the town, killing three persons.

Among the deceased was a student in one of the tertiary institutions in the town. He was reportedly shot dead while attempting to withdraw money from an ATM machine. The two other victims were identified as an aged woman and a middle-aged man. 

Confirming the incident, the Police Command Public Relations Officer Dabo Ezekiel said the robbers came in a Hummer bus, adding that the police repelled their attack.

He said the robbers escaped and abandoned the bus.

His words: "When the police searched the vehicle, they found eight magazines containing 162 rounds of live ammunition. There is no casualty."