Suspected robbers who took siege of a First Bank of Nigeria branch in the Mpape area of Abuja have been stuck inside the bank building after they were unable to carryout their operation.
Reports say that they broke into the bank in the morning on Saturday guns blazing but got stuck in the bank after learnung that the bank had been surrounded by the police.
Policemen and soldiers ringed the premises after they were deployed to the scene.
Journalists tried to reach the spokesman of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command, Anjuri Manzah, but were unable to
It was later disclosed by the police that four of the alleged robbers were in their custody while one other got the end of the gun as he tried to escape arrest.
The Federal Capital Territory’s police comissionner, Bala Ciroma, disclosed that one of the arrested men was a staff of the bank.
In a phone interview with TheCable, the commissioner said, “We have concluded the operation. Four suspects arrested and one dead. One of them is an insider but we are still investigating.”
UPDATE ON MPAPE, ABUJA ROBBERY SIEGE
Wild Jubillation broke out as personnel of @PoliceNG & @HQNigerianArmy captured some of the armed robbers that invaded @FirstBankngr branch at Mpape, Abuja.
Let me see one reason to say well done #SARSpic.twitter.com/oFWv6O7vbI
— Dot In A Circle – Onye Spare Parts (@The_Jonathanian) December 28, 2019
