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No fewer than seven people have been reportedly left dead after gunmen attacked four banks in Edo State, according to a police report.
Viral videos revealed that the attack was coordinated as there was no interference.
The gunmen also attacked a Police Divisional Headquarters on Thursday as they laid siege to Uromi town in Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo.
Eyewitnesses said the gunmen got to the town in their numbers and in several vehicles before they attacked the four banks with dynamites.
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The unmasked gunmen killed five persons and two police officers in the siege.
The police spokesman in Edo, SP Bello Kontongs, confirmed the attack but said he had no further detail of the attack.
Kontongs said one of the four banks attacked is of the new generation.
He also confirmed the killing of the two Police officers and five civilians in the attack.
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