Uromi bank attacks: Face of female police officer killed by gunmen in Edo

The pictures of a female police officer killed by armed robbers in Uromi, Esan North-West Local Government Area of Edo State, have been released.

Gunmen had on Thursday launched simultaneous coordinated attacks on four banks and the Police Division in the town.

It was gathered that large sums of money running into millions of naira were carted away by the suspected criminals.
At the end of the operation, no fewer than six persons, including two policemen and five civilians were killed by the unmasked gunmen.

According to a Facebook user, Sunday Ehimare Inegbenose, one of the police officers killed was his neighbour.

“The female policewoman who lost her life to the robbery attack in Uromi yesterday. She’s the only female child of her parents, and my neighbour. May her soul rest in peace,” he wrote.

The police spokesperson in Edo, Kontongs Bello, confirmed her identity.