Three more suspects have been arrested over Tuesday's deadly armed robbery attacks at a police station and two commercial banks, which led to the death of six persons, in Igarra, Edo State.
Based on what was gathered, two of the suspects were nabbed by the vigilance groups in a forest near Makeke on Wednesday, in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state.
It was, however, said that the local security group lost one of its members, who was killed during the incident.
On Wednesday (yesterday), Famzn.com reported that the robbers, who came in two vehicles, had stormed the police station and killed two policemen.
Some members of the gang later raided the Igarra branches of Keystone and Unity banks on Momodu Ajayi road about 5:30pm and carted away an undisclosed amount of money from the latter, after destroying the bank's entry with improvised explosive devices.
The robbers also shot a private security man and two bank customers as they tried to make their way into the bank.
They were, however, said to have been confronted by some vigilantes in the area, who engaged the gang in a gun battle, killed one and arrested another, while the rest fled into the bush.
The police had also said that a total sum N4,452,500, 11 AK47 rifles, 39 IEDs and other arms and ammunition were recovered from the robbers.
The leader of the vigilante group said other vigilante groups in Ososo, Makeke, Lampese and environs were contacted and directed to barricade the Ekpedo-Ekpe axis of the road with tyres, stones, logs and other obstacles, which slowed down the movement of the robbery gang.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Osifo Abiodun, however, said today that the command arrested three persons, adding that police officers had been deployed to Igarra to fortify the banks and border communities in the area.
He also noted that efforts had been intensified to arrest more suspects.