Armed robbers on Monday attacked a bank customer and robbed him of a yet-to be ascertained amount of money near the Oyo State Secretariat, Agodi in Ibadan, the state capital.
In a statement in Ibadan on Monday, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent Adewale Osifeso said that the robbers in the early hours of the day tracked and attacked the bank depositor, who was in a metallic grey Nissan Primera and forcefully robbed him of a substantial amount of money at around 8am.
‘The Oyo State Police command seeks to inform the public about a robbery that occurred on Monday, 27 October, 2025, at approximately 8:00a.m., along Secretariat Road, Agodi.
‘A bank depositor traveling in a metallic grey Nissan Primera with licence plate number EPE 901 PS was tracked and forcibly robbed of a substantial, yet-to-be-ascertained amount of cash’, he said.
Osifeso said that an officer from the command sustained severe injuries during a confrontation with the robbers
‘Initial investigations indicate that an officer with the Oyo State Police Command sustained severe injuries during a confrontation that arose when his team on patrol engaged the suspects in a bid to thwart their further plans of causing chaos following the attack on the unsuspecting individual’, he said.
Osifeso said that there was no reported fatalities during the incident and the injured officer was currently receiving immediate medical attention at a secure healthcare facility.
The command’s spokesman urged members of the public with useful information on the robbery to avail the nearest police station with intelligence that could aid in the prompt apprehension of the suspects .
In August, the publisher of Daily Monitor Online blog and media aide to Maharaj Ji, Ojo Peters was killed in a daylight armed robbery attack at Oke-Ado, in the Ibadan South-West Local Government Area of the state.
