Armed robbers are now terrorizing users of Automated Teller Machines (ATM) in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, City & Crime learnt.
At the weekend, a graduate of computer science, Femi Olaniyi Adebayo, and one other man were shot dead after they withdrew money from ATMs.
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While Adebayo, was killed at the Ajinde area of Ire-Akari Estate, Ibadan, on Saturday night, the other man was killed in front of Fresh FM, Ibadan, on Friday afternoon.
A relation told City & Crime that, “The 29-year-old Adedayo went with his car to withdraw money at an ATM at Orita Challenge at about 7 pm on Saturday. He was trailed by an Okada with two men. The robbers followed him to Ireakari Estate and overtook him at Ajinde and blocked him and his fiancée.
“According to his fiancée, the robbers requested the money he withdrew and that he told them he had delivered the money to the owner.
“She said, ‘They didn’t believe him fired several shots on his chest. They collected the money, my phones and my handbag.”
Similarly, a quarry worker was shot dead after withdrawing N250,000 to pay his workers around Challenge Tollgate on Friday afternoon.
