Perm Sec, 7 Others Arrested While Performing Rituals In A Bush
ADO-EKITI — The Ekiti State Police
Command has arrested eight persons, including a serving Permanent Secretary in
Ondo State over the raid of a commercial bank in Ikere Ekiti last Thursday.
The Police Public Relations Officer,
Mr. Victor Babayemi, who gave the hint in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital on
Saturday, said the Permanent Secretary and others were arrested in a bush at
Ijare, a border town between Ekiti and Ondo states.
The Branch Manager of the bank, Ikere
was also reportedly arrested following the incident.
According to the police, the
Permanent Secretary and three others were arrested while performing rituals at
night in the bush through which the robbery bandits escaped.
The armed gang had stormed a first
generation bank at about 5.30 p.m killing two persons and injuring two others
during a gun battle with the men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad.
The PPRO said the Permanent Secretary
and the three others were arrested at about 3 a.m by the police.
Babayemi said the men were arrested
with a live goat and other fetish materials, adding that they would have been
mistaken for robbers.
“During the operation, we saw the
Permanent Secretary and seven others in white apparel performing rituals, so we
had to arrest them to explain their mission at the place at that unholy hour”.
The PPRO said those arrested are
being interrogated with vital information being obtained.
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