This is contained in a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Sunday Abutu, on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti.
The PUNCH earlier reported that the Ekiti State Police Commissioner, Ogundare Dare, has vowed to apprehend the perpetrators of a broad daylight bank robbery in Ikere-Ekiti on Wednesday.
In a press release late Wednesday via the command X account, Dare said he expressed “displeasure over the ugly incident” and has ordered a full-scale investigation to “ensure the perpetrators are trailed, arrested, and brought to book.”
The PUNCH reported Wednesday evening that three people were feared to have been killed in armed robbery attacks on two new-generation banks in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
The command is on the trail of the fleeing suspects, who abandoned the vehicles after a hot chase by men of the command.
The CP has also visited the scene of the armed robbery incident at Ikere-Ekiti for an on-the-spot assessment.
Dare, who expressed displeasure over the ugly incident, directed the Ikere Area Commander and all the tactical teams within the command to ensure the perpetrators were trailed, arrested, and brought to book.
While commiserating with the family members of those who were fatally affected and wishing those currently receiving treatment in the hospital a quick recovery, the commissioner called for “calm and implored everyone to go about their lawful businesses as the command would not rest until the hoodlums were made to face the full wrath of the law.”
Meanwhile, the command’s tactical squads as well as the military, who were deployed to the scene on Wednesday, December 13, immediately received information and engaged the hoodlums, who abandoned the three vehicles and two motorcycles they used for the operation and escaped into the bush.
It read, “The vehicles and motorcycles were recovered at the station.”
The CP urged people with relevant information that would lead to the arrest of the armed robbers to come forward with it.
“The commissioner enjoined anyone with useful information concerning the identities and/or whereabouts of armed hoodlums to contact the following GSM numbers: 08062335577, 07031620186, 08033470524, 07032152150, and 09064050086,” it added.
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