According to sources, the development forced the three commercial banks in the town to halt operations, making it impossible for customers to transact business.
However, the prompt intervention of security agents, including men of the Police Mobile Force and officers of the state Rapid Response Squad, prevented the robbers from getting into the bank located at new Inisha road area of the town.
It was gathered that the robbers had earlier, on Monday, struck in one of the banks in the town where they carted away an undisclosed amount of money.
It was further gathered that security personnel who mounted surveillance in strategic locations in the town succeeded in sending the robbers away from the town.
The incident, however, caught the people of the town unawares as most people hurriedly left the bank premises when the news of the presence of robbers in a part of the town filtered in.
Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of Osun State Police Command, Mrs Folasade Odoro said it was a false alarm.
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