There was tension in Ughelli, headquarters of Ughelli North local government area of Delta State following a failed attempt by suspected armed robbers to attack a new generation bank located along the Market road in Ughelli, on Monday.
This happened barely 24hours after a gang of unidentified gunmen killed a police inspector at the Oviri-Ogor road axis of the town and took away his rifle.
The incident caused tension as there were sporadic gunshots in the area.
Banks operating within the area had until now closed by 2pm due to numerous cases of insecurity going on in the town, but the incident caused the banks to shut down operations with one of the banks pasting a notice at their entrance which reads, “Dear customer, we shall be opening by 9 am to 2 pm as from tomorrow, (Tuesday) till further notice.”
The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, Edafe Bright described the incident as “The police acting on suspicious movement,” a customer of the affected bank said they were hurriedly forced out of the bank following sporadic gunshot by security operatives stationed at the bank.
The customer who doesn’t want his identity disclosed, said: “We were asked to evacuate the bank by the officials who told us that they are closed for the day amidst sporadic gunshots outside the premises. When we came out, we were told that some robbers attempted to invade the bank.”
Meanwhile,the police spokesperson refuted the customer’s claims, he said: “That information is not entirely true, there was suspicious movement around the bank premises and the police acted swiftly on that. We cannot substantiate to say that it is an attempt to rob the bank.”