Total number of persons that lost their lives to the bank robbery in Offa, Kwara State, on Thursday may have risen to 30, according to a report on Saturday.
This was a sharp increase in the 12 earlier reported on Friday, comprising six policemen and six civilians.
According to eyewitnesses who spoke with one of our correspondents said body count at the scene of the incident indicated that those who lost their lives were about 30.
However, the Police on Saturday said about seventeen persons were killed in the robbery attack.
The spokesman of the state police command, Jeffrey Ajayi, said apart from those who lost their lives “some persons” were also injured.
He said eight of those killed were police officers who were shot dead at the police station.
Ajayi told TheCable that “17 persons lost their lives in the attack, comprising of eight policemen and civilians. There are seven suspects arrested for now, and investigation is still ongoing”.
He said the police have recovered seven vehicles “abandoned” by the bandits after the attack.
“We also recovered some cartons of ammunitions (sic) they used during the attack,” Ajayi said.
He said while the police are still on the trail of other suspects, the inspector-general of police intelligence response team is in the state to help with the ongoing investigation.
The Kwara state governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has offered N5 million for information that could facilitate the arrest of the robbers.
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