About five persons, including two policemen have been confirmed killed in a robbery attack on commercial banks in Uromi, Esan North-West local government area of Edo state.

Thelagostimes gathered that large sums running into millions of naira were carted away by the suspected criminals.

According to reports, the robbers arrived in many vehicles and attacked the banks with dynamites and bullets.

Vanguard reports that the Police Public Relations Officer in the Edo State Police Command, Bello Kontongs, in a terse text message, said four banks and the police station were attacked.

He said “Zenith, UBA, First Bank, Union Bank, and the Police Division are confirmed attacked while two police personnel and five civilians lost their lives. For now.”