Robbers storm Ondo airport, cart away millions.

Armed robbers attacked  the office of the Air Peace Airline at the domestic airport in Akure, the Ondo state capital carting away money running into billions from vaults. The bandits said to be numbering about four were said to have also made away with some personal items belonging to the staff of the Airline. They […]

Armed robbers attacked  the office of the Air Peace Airline at the domestic airport in Akure, the Ondo state capital carting away money running into billions from vaults.

The bandits said to be numbering about four were said to have also made away with some personal items belonging to the staff of the Airline.

They entered the airport through a bush path and went straight to the Air Peace office on Sunday night.

It was authoritatively gathered that the case was later reported at the Oba Ile Police Station in Akure.

An employee of the Airline who spoke on the condition of anonymity confirmed the robbery incident to journalists on Wednesday.

He said some staff of the local airline resumed on Monday to the shocking discovery of the robbery.

According to him, the stolen money which was conceived inside the big vault was the proceed of sales for tickets between Friday and Sunday last week.

"It was surprising when we came to the office on Monday morning to discover that they have stolen the money vault.

"The money was part of proceed for our tickets for Friday and Sunday, and these thieves came through the window and back door.

"The money in question was in the safe in the office because we could not get to the bank at the late hour of Friday and Sunday. 

"So, we still don’t know how the robbers entered here and operated freely with no challenge from the security guard.”

The  Ondo state Police Public Relations Officer, Femi Joseph,  confirmed the incident on the telephone, saying some of the staff have been arrested.

He said it was a burglary case as against speculations that the incident was an armed robbery operation at the airport.

He said some suspects have arrested in connection with the crime as they are currently providing the police with useful information.

"It is true, we got the report that some hoodlums broke into office of Air peace Airline at the local Airport at Oba Ile area of Akure.

"Our Intelligence findings showed that the hoodlums [carried] out the operation in well coordinated plan as [neither] the door or the windows the office were broken.

"We have started our investigation and some staff of the Airline have also been invited for interrogation to get to  the truth".