Robbers blow up bank in Ekiti

Armed robbers reportedly blew up the entrance of a commercial bank in Oye, Ekiti State with a dynamite on Thursday.

It was gathered that the robbers launched the operation around the closing hour of one of the old generation banks.

Ekiti State Police Public Relations Officer, Caleb Ikechukwu, confirmed the incident but could not ascertain if there were casualties.

Eyewitness pictures sent to Channels Television also showed a police van on the road that had allegedly been set ablaze by the criminals as well as two yet to be identified persons, lying in a pool of blood.