The Police command in Edo on Friday confirmed that some monies suspected to be carted away by robbers during Thursday’s armed robbery attacks on four banks in Uromi, have been recovered.

State Commissioner of Police, Mr Phillip Ogbadu, confirmed the report in a phone interview.

Ogbadu said that about N37 million and five cars suspected to have been used by the robbers were recovered at a bush where they were abandoned.

He noted that it was suspected that the robbers might have abandoned the monies and the vehicles on realising that the police were on their trail.

WuzupNigeria had reported that the dare devil armed robbers had late Thursday evening carried out what many persons had termed coordinated armed robbery attacks on some commercial banks in Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo.

The operations according to some eye witnesses lasted for more than two hours.

NAN reports that Edo Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu had also on Friday paid an on the spot assessment visit to the robbery scene in Uromi.

(NAN)