Robbers Storm Babcock University, Cart Away Cash.

At least seven armed robbers Wednesday
afternoon stormed some banks within the
premises of Babcock University, Ilishan
Remo in Ikenne Local Government Area of
Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, and carted
away an undisclosed amount of money.
The robbers, went to both
Oceanic (now Ecobank) and WEMA bank
situated within the campus and shot
sporadically to scare people away.
The shooting caused panic among students
and other people within the campus.
Our correspondent gathered from an
eyewitness that the robbers came with
dynamite, rocket launchers and sub-
machine guns.
They formed groups and broke into the
banking halls to carry out their operation
simultaneously.
A staff of one of the affected banks, Oceanic,
confirmed the incident to our
correspondent on phone, expressing shock
at the attack.
“It is an unbelievable experience, I don’t
know how the boys came in. They carried
big rocket launchers and dynamite. Before
anyone knew what was happening, they
swooped on us and asked all of us to lie
down. One of them even slapped me
because I wanted to look at his face. I
cannot say the actual amount they carted
away, but a rough estimate will be millions
of naira,” the staff stated.
When our correspondent contacted one of
the staff of the institution, Mr Dotun
Oduroye, who heads the Technical
Department, he confirmed the attack and
stated that no student was hit by stray
bullet, contrary to rumours that some
students were hit.
According to Oduroye, “the robbers came in
about an hour ago and they were with
sophisticated weapons like dynamites and
rockets. They were shooting in the air and
two banks, Oceanic and WEMA banks were
attacked. None of the students was hit by
the bullet, it was only the shock that gripped
many of them. But we thank God that it was
just a shock.”
We gathered that the
robbers escaped through the express road
and headed toward Ijebu Ode -Odogbolu
route, still shooting as they fled.
Meanwhile, all banks in Ijebu Ode, Ijebu
Igbo, Ago Iwoye and some neighboring
towns including Sagamu have remained
shut since Monday in the aftermath of the
attack by armed robbers last week on two
banks in Ijebu Imushin and Ijebu Igbo.
During last week’s operation, the robbers
raided Sapida Microfinance bank in Ijebu
Imushin and WEMA Bank, the only bank that
has been operating in Ijebu Igbo in the last
one year, and carted away an undisclosed
amount of money.
During the Ijebu Imushin raid, two persons
were hit by bullets and they were rushed to
the General Hospital in Ijebu Ode. One of
them later died during the weekend while
the other one was reported to have been
discharged yesterday.