UNN On Fire As Armed Robbers raid Banks

[Pendragon]

spraying money? This is funny and I'm sure people are picking? Typical Robinhood

yeah Oga typical Robinhood!!!!! Why wont the poor Nsukka masses pick the manna from robbers. Equal distribution of wealth through a bad and illegal means.

[Pendragon]

Im not suprised at all. I have encountered these same incident some years back at Aba, When Multiple Gang of Heavily Armed Robbers in their Hummer Jeeps terrorized the city and its environs robbing everyday and dashing foreign currencies esp. U.S Dollars and G.B Pounds to the masses. Can still vividly rememba when a small boy hawking pure water had his big basin fully stacked with dollar bills!!!!! by one of the robbers.

[Pendragon]

The prisoners are all gone! What a moses of our time.

That means increase in crime rate within the Nsukka Axis. Everybody should be on guard. I think a curfew will do

[Samkelvin]

The prisoners are all gone! What a moses of our time.

[phronesis]

The prisoners are all gone! What a moses of our time.

Talking about deliverance and let my people go - Pharaoh!

[bblacky]

hahahahahahaha una wan kill me with lafta.........Pharaoh let my people go!!!! hehehehe

[adim2]

Alu, Abomination, Taboo....I am not suprise at such situation. I hope this set of guys did not penetrate the school compound oh?

[liberty]

U can describe it the way u want. Imagine they said the people at Enugu Road (witness) where too happy for them while the robbery was going on b/c they said the robber where openly saying to them that they are not against them but against the government and they gave money to people around. 
I believe these are unemployed graduates. My question to them is whether the bank are Ministers, Senators  , Governors, house of reps members who loot our money. ?  they are puting soo much fear in the masses.   
These robbery should not be channeled 2 the masses or banks but channeled to those office holders who loot our money.

[Pendragon]

U can describe it the way u want. Imagine they said the people at Enugu Road (witness) where too happy for them while the robbery was going on b/c they said the robber where openly saying to them that they are not against them but against the government and they gave money to people around. 
I believe these are unemployed graduates. My question to them is whether the bank are Ministers, Senators  , Governors, house of reps members who loot our money. ?  they are puting soo much fear in the masses.   
These robbery should not be channeled 2 the masses or banks but channeled to those office holders who loot our money.

U can say that again but wait a minute,what happened to the chain of Mobile Policemen on that Road cos I know the Road is heavily guarded.

[Pendragon]

U can describe it the way u want. Imagine they said the people at Enugu Road (witness) where too happy for them while the robbery was going on b/c they said the robber where openly saying to them that they are not against them but against the government and they gave money to people around.  I believe these are unemployed graduates. My question to them is whether the bank are Ministers, Senators  , Governors, house of reps members who loot our money. ?  they are puting soo much fear in the masses.   These robbery should not be channeled 2 the masses or banks but channeled to those office holders who loot our money. 

Who knows?? They must have probably been sent by some these political Office Holders as mercenaries

[F-GENESIS]

TERRIFIC

[Samkelvin]

We must condemn the incident in it totality

[phronesis]

Full reports from this Vanguard News article: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2009/07/18/armed-robbers-raid-4-banks-in-nsukka-kill-dpo/

Summary:

*Bank’s branch manager, others seriously wounded

*Nsukka Police Station bombed with explosives

*Criminals in Cell set free

*Millions of naira carted away
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NSUKKA—IT was like a war situation in Nsukka, the host community of the University of Nigeria, yesterday, when a dare-devil gang of armed robbers attacked four commercial banks, bombed the Nsukka Urban Police Division and shot dead the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), Joe Ejitaga.

The incident which occurred between 9.30 and 11.45am Friday also claimed unspecified number of casualties including security agents attached to the bank, bank officials and their customers as well as traders and passersby who were hit by stray bullets fired by the gunmen.

The entire Nsukka town was thrown into confusion as people scampered for safety on hearing the sound of the sporadic gunshots by the bandits who were armed with sophisticated weapons.

The armed robbers numbering over 20, on arrival at the popular Enugu Road where most of the commercial banks operating in the town are located, blocked the two ends of the road with their commuter bus and Hillux van thereby preventing vehicular movement from St. Theresa’s Catholic Church junction up to the Motor Park.

Having blocked the road, they started shooting into the air to scare away policemen attached to the banks as they made their way to the banks’ premises.

The Bank PHB was the first to be attacked followed by Intercontinental Bank where they surrendered the private and police security guards as well as customers and carted away bags of money.

After succeeding in the two banks with no resistance from the security men most of who were disarmed and ordered to lie face-down, they shot their way into Fidelity Bank where they looted millions of naira before moving into Zenith Bank, where the Branch Manager, Mr. Dennis Ani, was shot several times allegedly for refusing to open the strong room, as ordered by the criminals.

The DPO, who was in his uniform, was said to have visited one of the affected banks for a transaction and was coming out of the bank when he was gunned down. He was lying at the spot throughout the period of the operation which lasted for over an hour.  The police officer was rushed to Nnaji Hospital at Odenigbo area of Nsukka from where they were referred to Bishop Shanahan Hospital, but he died before they got to the hospital.
Ejitaga, who had headed the NEPA and NITEL security taskforces, was redeployed to Nsukka from Igbo-Etiti Police Division where he also served as DPO.

The Zenith Bank branch manager, Ani whose case was also said to be critical having sustained several bullet wounds, was taken to Bishop Shanahan along with other victims, but was referred to Enugu because of the severity of his injuries.

Several other victims were still being treated at Bishop Shanahan and other private hospitals in Nsukka by press time yesterday.

An eyewitness said after raiding the banks, the armed robber drove in their two vehicle to the police station shooting indiscriminately as policemen on duty abandoned their officers and fled for safety.

The police station was bombed with some explosives suspected to be dynamites leaving the entire building, files and furniture in rubbles.  The gunmen were said to have broken the cells and set all the detainees free before bombing the station.

From the station they continued shooting as they zoomed off through Adani road which leads to Onitsha in Anambra State.  It was learnt that the gunmen attacked some policemen on checkpoints along the road but details of the attack were not available by press time.

The State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Mohammed Zarewa refused to comment on the incident yesterday.  He told Vanguard that he was in a crucial meeting when called after the incident. He said he was in mosque when called the second time.  But the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu confirmed the death of the DPO in the incident even though h  said he had no details.

Vanguard investigations yesterday revealed that the police within Nsukka area including those in six neighbouring local government area could not respond to distress calls sent by their colleagues in Nsukka because of shortage of manpower.

About 140 policemen were drafted from the seven divisions in the area to Enugu to maintain peace during the NLC rally that was held in the coal city yesterday.  This, observers said, may have contributed to the success of the robbery.

“All police divisions in Nsukka sent at least 22 police men to Enugu to maintain peace during the NLC rally that was held yesterday and when the operation started there was no enough men to defend the masses. The CP had no business sending up to 140 policemen to Enugu with 140 guns leaving the people of the area to defend themselves.This is very unfortunate,” a concerned resident of Nsukka told Vanguard yesterday.

Reacting to the incident, former Governorship candidate of Labour Party in Enugu State, Chief Okey Ezea said: “The operation lasted for about three hours and if Enugu had sent reinforcement from Enugu they would have arrived Nsukka within an hour.  Where were all the men on numerous police checkpoints between Nsukka and Enugu?

“I think the incident at Nsukka says much about how insecure people have become in Nigeria.  We expect Federal and State government to join efforts in equipping the police to protect lives and property in Nigeria.

“It is ridiculous that armed robbers can terrorize police with general purpose machine guns and grenades and the federal government has no answer to this. The State and Federal Government should earmark special funds for equipping the police and providing them with the necessary arsenal and superior firepower over and above this criminal.”

[Stinocollins]

Wht do u expect 4rm d hungry nd angry youths wh0 av n0thn doin?Wel,2 them,bank robbery is d only  way out but d blame sh0uld be on d police force 4 allowin d robbers 2 bribe their way thr0ugh wit n0thn but mere N20.Chei!!!...........Dz is incredible,may God save US!!!

[bblacky]

My question to them is whether the bank are Ministers, Senators  , Governors, house of reps members who loot our money. ?  they are puting soo much fear in the masses.   
These robbery should not be channeled 2 the masses or banks but channeled to those office holders who loot our money.

help me ask them.......................i think they shud gather more power to visit the government house one of this day n table out their grieviences  n stop making away with zillions of naira innocent masses v earned n kept in the bank for safe keeping.

[bblacky]

Wht do u expect 4rm d hungry nd angry youths wh0 av n0thn doin?Wel,2 them,bank robbery is d only  way out but d blame sh0uld be on d police force 4 allowin d robbers 2 bribe their way thr0ugh wit n0thn but mere N20.Chei!!!...........Dz is incredible,may God save US!!!

gbam, na so e happen few days 4 Awka sef.........healthy body looking youths enter bank order the police securities there to shut bank rob bank go free, d whole mopols wey full road dey collect N20 all disappear..........

[Okwyjesus]

For over one hour they held the entire Nsukka Town to siege as the confidently rob from banks to bank. From inside campus one can hear the sound of their machine. The only casualty was the Nsukka Police DPO in the operation that is discribed as the worst in Nsukka history.

They gunmen just exposed the security porousness of Nsukka as the concluded their attack burning Nsukka Police station and went freely

[adim2]

eww.... this just be like 44minute abi him pass 44minute?

[Pendragon]

eww.... this just be like 44minute abi him pass 44minute?

Seconded!!!

[F-GENESIS]

it sounds more like an action film...............