A police officer (names withheld) is now in police net in Ekiti State Police Command, Ado Ekiti, for his alleged involvement in a robbery which took place at Ikere Ekiti last week.
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Sources at the scene of the incident said that the five -man robbery gang was led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, had robbed commuters along Ikere-Ise Ekiti road on that fateful day.
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To cover up their identities, it was gathered that the robbers led by the police officer, dressed in mufti and mounted a barricade on the road.
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The involvement of the police in the criminal act came on the heels of the killing of 400-level Business Administration student of EkitiStateUniversity who was allegedly killed by the police in Oye Ekiti under the pretence that he was involved in the robbery at one of the first generation banks in the town.
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During the 45 minutes operation,the robbers were said to have blocked the Ise-Ikere Road , with the aid of AK 47 rifle shooting sporadically into the air and dispossessed commuters of their valuable effects like Phones, money and bags Until they were apprehended by the police.
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The robbery incidence coincided with last week violence that broke out between Ikere Ekiti and Akure wings of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) which led to the death of one person.