On Tuesday, July 26, highway robbers ambushed a bullion van carrying money that two people, including a staff member of a new generation bank, were accompanying from Aba to Umuahia.
The Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway’s Ntigha intersection was the scene of the attack by the daredevil robbers.
He explained that the robbers shot dead the Cash Officer of the bank accompanying the billion van as he attempted to escape for dear life. According to the PPRO, three police personnel escorting to the van were injured during the exchange of fire, and have been taken to the hospital.
Ogbonna said that an AK47 rifle with three loaded magazines strapped together were recovered from the robbers who fled as one of them was neutralized.
