The sum of N9.5 million reportedly meant for the overhead expenses of the Head of Service in Niger State have been hijacked by gunmen from its Chief Accountant, Alhaji Idris Abdullahi on Monday, August 5.
The incident occurred at the State Secretariat’s gate where gunmen started shooting sporadically into the air and removed the money from the Chief Accountant’s vehicle before speeding off.
Newsmen learnt that security and vigilantes at the Secretariat allegedly ran for their lives after the gunmen struck at about 10:30am this morning.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abubakar Muhammad confirmed the incident and told newsmen that the police is on the trail of the gunmen. We have dispatched the information to all our units in the command to be on alert . We are on top of the situation. There is a kind of vulnerability in moving such large amount of money about. We are advising members of the public and government officials to desist from moving large amounts of money particularly during this period. We are encouraging them to use the electronic banking options in doing this. We should not make ourselves vulnerable by moving such large amount of money” he said.
