A middle aged
man, Chidobe Nkem, was on Monday shot dead by a four-man armed robbery gang who
intersected his vehicle at the Government Reserved Area (GRA) in
Warri Urban
after being trailed from the bank and stolen N5 million from him.
The deceased,
a driver who was accompanied by Mr. Maxwell Adibe, a manager (both staff of a
Marine Company, Smu-Tuns Nigeria Ltd) were drove in a C-Class Mercedes-Benz to
the bank, along Airport Road in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area.
The manager
got into the banking hall at about 8.34am and withdrew N5 million on behalf of
the company. He joined the driver who waited for him inside the car.
As they were
returning to the office with the cash, they were trailed by a metallic coloured
Toyota Corolla car.
Daily Sun
learnt that it was right from the popular Link Road, off Ajamimogha Road while
trying to negotiate into the GRA that the robbers fired the first shot from
behind through to the rear glass of the car which hit the driver at the back.
The driver who
had thought he could manage to escape with the bullet injury, however, did not
go far before the robbers intercepted his car at Mabiaku Junction and crashed
the car on the fence of a building.
Sensing that
the driver could no longer continue, the manager quickly ran out of the car and
took refuge in a near-by building, leaving the driver alone at the mercy of the
robbers.
The bandits
shot into the air before escaping with the money.
The Divisional
Police Officer (DPO) ‘A Division’, CSP
Kevin Izuokumor, confirmed the incident and said the police are on the trail of
the robbers.
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