Police kill two, nab four suspects over Benue bank robbery

• He said the armed robbers were traced to their hideout, where two of them were neutralised and four others arrested

At least four suspects have been arrested in connection to a deadly bank robbery in Otukpo, Benue State, the police said on Monday.

According to the police, two other persons involved in the October 23 heist were also killed.

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, disclosed the development in Abuja at a meeting with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of officers from the rank of Commissioner of Police.

“You will recall the deadly Otukpo bank robbery of October 23, during which the Otukpo Divisional Police Officers, DPO, and many other innocent Nigerians lost their lives.

“A huge sum of money was carted away from the three commercial banks that were robbed during the operation,” he said.

The IGP said the unrelenting efforts of police personnel, acting on both human and technically-generated intelligence, eventually paid off.

He said the armed robbers were traced to their hideout, where two of them were neutralised and four others arrested.

Egbetokun said the four suspects are currently in the custody of the Nigeria Police and are assisting in the investigation to track other fleeing members of the gang.

Egbetokun said nine AK-47 rifles and 4,013 rounds of live ammunition were recovered from the suspects.