Armed robbers yesterday dismantled an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at a new generation bank inside Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) campus, Ondo State and stole an undisclosed amount.
The operation which was learnt to have been carried out between 1am and 3am at the ATM opposite Olusegun Obasanjo Multipurpose Hall. Sources said five gunmen, armed with automatic rifles, entered the campus through a pedestrian gate at the southern part of the university.
It was also learnt that the AAUA security guards and sheriff deputies met at the location were tied up when the robbers got to the location.
It was gathered that the robbers entered the ATM room after breaking the door with electrical metal cutting tools.
A student, who preferred anonymity, said: “We discovered that they attempted to open the ATM of an old generation bank when we got to the place this morning.
“I think they could not dismantle the ATM because it was already dawn and they were afraid of being attacked by students.”
The management of the university, led by Prof. Femi Mimiko, has visited the scene of the incident.
Confirming the robbery, police spokesman Wole Ogodo said nobody has been arrested.
He said the robbers succeeded at the new generation bank because there was no anti-robbery alarm, but failed at the old generation bank because it had a strong security door.
According to him, police were making efforts to arrest the robbers.