Some yet-to-be-confirmed gunmen on Tuesday invaded branches of United Bank of Africa, Zenith and First Banks in Ankpa, Kogi State.
According to Daily Post, the incident which occurred at about 2 pm, triggered tension in the area.
An eyewitness, Lucy Yongu, who narrated the incident said the gunmen numbering about 30 invaded the town and went straight to attack the UBA branch before proceeding to Zenith Bank and later First Bank.
According to her, the assailants carted away an unspecified sum of money from both customers and bankers.
She said, “They came in on convoy of several vehicles shooting sporadically while the attack was happening. They were there for more than one hour and no security personnel intervened.
“Some residents are still unable to come out of their houses. We are still in shock on how these men successfully carried out the attack for that long time without the military or police coming out to help, it still amazes me”
It was also learnt that after the gunmen had left, a combined team of security operatives moved towards the area to restore normalcy.
As of the time of filing their report, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, did not take his calls or respond to text messages sent to him
