Alleged Robbery Notice : Stop raising false alarm, police tells Ogun state bank officials

The Ogun State Police Command has tackled authorities of banks operating in Ijebu-Ode over  alleged robbery threat in the town necessitating their decisions to shut down operations, under an excuse that armed robbers wrote them of plan to strike.

Penpushing reports that, the Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi in in a statement in reaction to closure of banks operations in the town, said police has requested for the said purported letter for further investigation, which the bank authorities have failed to provide or could make available.

“The police declared that the bank authorities in Ijebu-Ode are fond of crying wolves where there is non ,describing their recent action  as treacherous and mischievous, noting that they are not the only bankers operating in the state and the country in general, yet they are the ones complaining of robbery threat every now and then.

“The Ogun state police command noticed with dismay, the unwarranted closure of Banks and Financial institutions in Ijebu Ode and its environs over an alleged robbery threat.

The command is appalled at this unprofessional behavior of bankers in that axis despite continuous assurance of their safety by the police and other security agencies”, Oyeyemi added.

“Their recent action can only be described as treacherous and mischievous, because that are not the only bankers we have in the state and the country in general, yet they are the ones complaining of robbery threat every now and then”, he emphasised.

“The command has noticed that once they are bent on this mischief, they closed their minds and eyes to other security arrangements the police in conjunction with other security agencies have on ground to protect them”, Oyeyemi stated

“They claimed armed robbers wrote to inform them that they are coming to attack them, but they will not make the purported letter available to the police for investigation and possible apprehension of those behind it. It is bad that from time to time they cry wolves, carelessly and recklessly; and in none of these numerous occasions has any robbery taken place”,he added

‘The command want to believe that some of them actually want their banks to be robbed, hence these strange set of bankers expose the banks in the area to security threats by making public real and imaginary security lapses to the general public including armed robbers rather than quietly discussing them with security agencies and government”, Oyeyemi wrote.

“The command therefore wishes to warn that the bankers will surely be the first set of suspects if anything unusual in the form of bank robbery (God forbid) happens in the area, at least for them to disclose their ceaseless sources of information”.

Penpushing also reports that the statement said the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun has directed a full scale investigation into the bank officials claim of receiving a letter from armed robbers that they are coming to attack their banks.

“On our own part, we are doing everything within the ambit of the law to guarantee the safety of life and property of good people of Ogun state, the banks and other financial institutions inclusive. It is therefore not in the interest of the state, for anybody to raise false alarm.

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