Nine policemen were among those killed during Thursday’s robbery attack in Offa town in Kwara State as the death toll keeps rising. Over 25 armed robbers had stormed the town, raiding five commercial banks along the Owode Market Area of the town in Offa Local Government Area of the state.

The gunmen arrived the town in seven vehicles and stationed themselves in each of the banks around 4:30 pm.

The armed robbers were said to have made away with several millions of naira from the banks.

A policeman has reacted to the death of his colleagues in the Offa robbery by saying they are not going to hide themselves because death is everywhere.

He took to Facebook to post pictures of him and another colleague with their guns as he wrote; We are not going to hide ourselves because we know the is death everywhere even in the village we prayed for long life,May God protect us