[B00M] How Robbers snatched N20m Ekiti govt cash |READ DETAILS
Chukwuemeka Chukwueke
Feb 04, 2021
Information reaching AFNEWS has revealed how six gunmen on Wednesday attacked some accountants attached to the Cabinet Department of the Ekiti State Governor's Office, snatching N20m from them.
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The attackers reportedly ambushed the officials who were returning from a bank at Government Secretariat Road, Ado-Ekiti, where they withdrew the money.
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An eyewitness, who craved anonymity revealed that the gunmen shot into the air before robbing the officials.
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He said, "The officials were paymasters and accountants attached to the Cabinet Department of the Governor's Office. They went to make a withdrawal at the behest of their superiors and while returning, the robbers waylaid them at a place between the Chicken Republic and Fajuyi Park and dispossessed them of the huge cash."
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AFNEWS gathered that the incident crippled economic activities in the state capital as financial institutions, petrol stations, supermarkets, eateries hurriedly shut down while commuters took to their heels.
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