Pandemonium broke out in the early hours of Monday in Kubwa, a
satellite town in Abuja, as residents woke up to the sound of sporadic shooting
by daredevil armed robbers who robbed an Access Bank customer of N4.3million in
front of the bank.
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The robbery took place at about 10 o’clock at the bank
branch at Phase 4, when the robbers, arriving in commando-style, blocked the
car of the customer, who had come to deposit money. Jubril Mohammed, an eyewitness, told SaharaReporters that
the victim was a staff of Total Filling Station who came to deposit the money
in the bank.
"I was standing right here when I saw a car in high
speed and stopped right in front of the bank and four men came out with guns
and they started shooting at a car. One
of them opened the trunk of the car and removed a bag filled with
money".
It was gathered that the robbers, who brandished
sophisticated weapons, had followed their victim from the petrol station when
they somehow learned he would be taking some cash to the bank.
They carted away the sum of N4.3 million, leaving the
victim’s vehicle perforated with bullets, but he received no injuries. SaharaReporters however gathered that a
member of staff of Etisalat, who operates a mobile shop in front of the bank,
received a gunshot wound during the melee and was rushed to the hospital.
A policeman who attached to the bank also exchanged fire
with the robbers as residents scampered for safety. Other policemen arrived at the scene of the
incident after the assailants had fled.
Cartridges of ammunition used by the robbers were taken away
alongside the victim’s disabled vehicle.
Business activities at the bank were put on hold as
customers were turned back. Effort to
get a comment from the bank manager proved abortive as the security guard said
that the bank had been closed for operation and he could not allow anybody
access into the premises.
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