Armed robbers dismantled yesterday an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at a new generation bank inside Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) campus, Ondo State and stole an undisclosed amount.
It was learnt that the bandits carried out their operation between 1am and 3am at the ATM opposite Olusegun Obasanjo Multipurpose Hall.
Sources said five gunmen, armed with two AK 47 rifles, entered the campus through a pedestrian gate at the southern part of the university.
The Nation learnt that when the hoodlums got to where the ATM is located, they met two AAUA security guards and three sheriff deputies and tied them.
It was gathered that the robbers entered the ATM room after breaking the door with electrical metal cutting tools.
According to a source, the robbers attempted to dismantle an ATM at one of the old generation banks.
A student, who preferred anonymity, said: “We discovered that they attempted to open the ATM of an old generation bank when we got to the place this morning.
“I think they could not dismantle the ATM because it was already dawn and they were afraid of being attacked by students.”
The management of the university, led by Prof. Femi Mimiko, has visited the scene of the incident.
Confirming the robbery, police spokesman Wole Ogodo said nobody has been arrested.
He said the robbers succeeded at the new generation bank because there was no anti-robbery alarm, but failed at the old generation bank because it had a strong security door.
According to him, police were making efforts to arrest the robbers.
Source: The Nation
