Armed robbers attack UBA’s bullion van and took away millions of Naira

Fear and panic caught the people of  Asaba, Delta State capital when armed robbers numbering over five attacked a bullion van around Koka junction along the Asaba-Benin Expressway and dashed away with a yet to be disclosed amount of cash, running into as much as several millions of naira.

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From an eyewitness account, the heavily armed hooligans, came in a grey Sienna car, and was seen shooting every now and then before overpowering the security personnel serving as escort to the bullion van said to belong to (UBA), and thereafter took possession of the van and emptied its vault and dashed off to an unknown destination.

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The police believes that the successful armed robbery operation was carried out with insiders connivance. The state commissioner of police in Nigeria, Zanna Ibrahim said he has not been properly briefed and pleased for more time.