Security operatives have arrested four more suspects linked to the bloody robbery of 5 banks in Otukpo, Benue State.
Some armed men with the use of explosives and sophisticated weapons, on Friday afternoon, stormed and robbed selected comemrial banks in Otukpo, the headquarters of Benue South District in an operation that lasted over one hour.
The robbers, before attacking the police station in the area, had raided some banks including First Bank, United Bank for Africa, Zenith Bank, Access and Stanbic Bank and carted away unverified amount of money.
But in a recent development, Joint Security Forces arrested four of the suspects involved in the bloody robbery, which left 8 persons including a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) dead along Otukpo Taraku road.
The Benue State Police Command spokesman, Catherine Anene, said that security operatives had earlier intercepted the robbers along Otukpo-Taraku road and killed two of them.