Bank Official, Armed Robber Killed In Bullion Van Attack In Abia State

The Abia State Police Command on Tuesday shot dead a bullion van robber at Ntigha Junction, Port Harcourt-Enugu Expressway, in the Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of the state.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, in a statement, said the incident happened around 1.13pm.

He said, “Six mobile policemen attached to the 28 PMF Umuahia and Counter Terrorist Unit, Base 4, Aba, while escorting a bullion van conveying cash from one new generation commercial bank in Aba to Umuahia, suddenly ran into a blockade/ambush mounted by armed robbers.

The armed robbers opened fire on the bullion van, which forced its driver to swerve into the bush where the bank cash officer was shot dead by the hoodlums, while the driver escaped.

During the gun duel that ensued between the police escorts and the hoodlums, one of the hoodlums was neutralized and his AK-47 rifle, with ammunition-laden three magazines strapped together, was recovered.”

The police spokesman disclosed that three of the escorts sustained gunshot injuries and were rushed to a hospital.

The corpses of the killed bank worker and hoodlum were reportedly deposited in a morgue.

He told residents and proprietors of medical facilities to report anyone seen or presented with suspected gunshot injuries to the police or other security agencies.