The alleged Closed-Circuit Television footage of
the Offa bank robbery has surfaced.
The four-minute video, which went viral on the
Internet on Wednesday, revealed the moment the robbers attacked one of the five
affected banks.
The gunmen had neutralised the security post with
what appeared like grenades before entering the bank and operating unfettered.
On Thursday, April 5, armed robbers invaded five
banks in Offa, Kwara State, killing numbers of residents, including security,
bank workers and bankers.
The gun men were said to have do away with millions
of naira as they robbed the banks for about one hour without any challenge.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ado Lawan,
who put the casualty figure at 17, said nine policemen died during the attack.
The Operations Commander, Vigilance Group of
Nigeria, Offa, Kwara State chapter, Wasiu Adepoju, however, said vigilantes in
the state counted 50 dead bodies.
The unverified video clip of the incident showed
that the robbers struck at 4.41pm.
The video started with a woman and her daughter
entering into the bank as two men chatted at the door of the security post.
Suddenly, there was chaos as gunfire directed at the bank sent everyone
scurrying for cover.
Two gunmen emerged from the low fence gate of the
bank, shooting into the security post, while someone returned fire from the
inside.
The gunmen dodged behind the security post and
waited for a few seconds.
The assailants jumped out of the bank premises
from the back of the post and returned with more weapons, including what
appeared like grenades.
A haze of smoke regularly drifted through the
atmosphere, suspected to be the effects of the blowing up of the entrances with
dynamite – as later alleged by security men and witnesses.
One of the gunmen tip-toed towards the door of
the security post and attempted to throw a grenade into it, which exploded
outside.
He returned a second time and threw another grenade
through the window, as he ran far for cover.
Thick ash smoke enveloped the security post as
the grenade exploded.
The suspects, satisfied that the coast was clear,
picked their bags and ran towards a place suspected to be the entrance into the
main building.
They kept running to and fro the compound with
bags of what appeared to be money.
Nigerians, who reacted to the video, said the
gunmen were not ordinary robbers, adding that they appeared well trained.
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