"Stories that outfitted burglars assaulted CBN Benin branch on Tuesday 12/11/19 are false," CBN tweeted late Tuesday.
There were unsubstantiated reports on Tuesday that a few burglars endeavored to break into the CBN branch in Benin when a bullion van conveying money to an obscure business bank was leaving the premises.
The reports asserted that the looters were, in any case, repulsed by the police security group at the bank.
Be that as it may, the Edo State Police Command denied the reports.
Edo State Deputy Commissioner of Police responsible for tasks Ayoola Ajala said that the reports were not valid as there was no burglary endeavor at the bank.
He said that the occurrence had to do with certain cultists who were being pursued around the Museum region of Benin city.
"At the point when we found out about the episode, we called the unit authority of security at the bank, who denied that there was any theft endeavor there," Ajala said.
Ajala said the cultists were just attempting to escape through Akpakpava street where the CBN is arranged and didn't endeavor to loot the bank.
He, be that as it may, said that two of the cultists had been captured a few arms, while others got away.
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