Ondo State police detectives have arrested four more suspects, who allegedly took part in the robbery of a first generation bank in ldoani, Ose council area of the state where seven persons were killed on Monday.

This is coming as Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, yesterday, gave a marching order to all security agencies in the state to go after the bandits and ensure their arrest.

Also, all banks in lkare and neighbouring towns closed shop, yesterday, for fear of another attack, leaving their customers stranded.

The seven persons killed include a police inspector and the Vice Principal of Idoani Grammar School, Mr Oluloro, who was at ATM point when the robbers blew it open.

Others killed include two bank officials and four customers.

Five others were seriously injured in the robbery operation that lasted over an hour until some soldiers joined forces with the police detectives.

The arrest so far made rose to five just as the state police image maker, Femi Joseph, told Vanguard that the command was on the trail of the other suspects.

4 suspects nabbed

Vanguard gathered that the four suspects arrested have been moved to the state police headquarters in Akure for further interrogation.

Reliable police source said the suspect that was arrested during a shootout between security operatives at the scene of the robbery made some confessional statements, which led to the arrest of the four suspects.

The four suspects, it was gathered, have equally made confessional statements and given police detectives a lead that would help in apprehending other fleeing suspects.

Sources in the state police command said two of the four suspects arrested are officials of the bank.

Contacted, Police spokesperson, Femi Joseph, said the command would not want to disclose the number of suspects arrested but that the command was working assiduously to apprehend the fleeing suspects.

Police caution against siting of banks in isolated areas

Joseph appealed against the siting of banks in isolated areas, noting that it was easy for the robbers to operate in the bank on Monday unhindered because of where it was situated.

He said the robbery operation was able to last for long hours because the bank has been overgrown with weeds and locate in a border town between Ondo and Edo states.

Joseph said the Commissioner of Police and crack team of investigators had moved to Idoani to arrest the other fleeing suspects.

•Excerpted from Vanguard report