Police invite bank manager over robberies

The Ilupeju Branch of GTB has been robbed severally in recent times

 | February 16, 2012

The manager of Guaranty Trust Bank, Ilupeju, has been invited by the police to answer questions over the incessant robbery cases that have occurred at the bank recently.
Jaiyeoba Joseph, the Lagos State Police Command spokesperson, said investigations into the spate of robberies indicate that an insider may be working with the robbers.
"We are convinced that the (last) robbery was in connivance with an insider of the bank and the branch manager of the bank has been invited for questioning following the series of robbery incidents that occur in that branch almost on a daily basis," he said.
The last robbery at the bank occurred on Thursday when six gunmen attacked a customer, Bakare Kolawale, and robbed him of the N250,000 he had just withdrawn.
Luckily for Kolawole, police officers on routine patrol arrived at the scene and engaged the fleeing robbers in a gunfight. Two members of the gang were arrested while the others fled.
According to Joseph, five sawed off shotguns, one knife, two expended cartridges, two motorcycles, and the sum of N250, 000 were recovered from the robbers.