The police in Ekiti state in south-western Nigeria have confirmed that four persons were killed during a robbery of a bank in Ijero-Ekiti in Ijero Local Government Area of the state.The robbers invaded the town at about 6 p.m. after workers had closed on Monday.

They were said to have first attacked the police station in the town before heading to the first generation bank in an ambulance containing a casket loaded with guns.

At the police station, the robbers killed two policemen on duty, a security guard at the bank, and an aged man who was passing by at the time of the attack.