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Bank Customer Accosted, Shot Dead By Armed Robbers
- 20TH DECEMBER, 2020
- An unidentified man driving after withdrawing cash from bank was brutally murdered by unknown Gunmen in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the incident happened around 3:30 pm on Friday December 18 at Evo road, Government Reserved Area, GRA, Phase 2, Port Harcourt.
According to reports he victim was driving in a Kia Optima car, with registration number KUJ-713 AR, Abuja plate number, when he was accosted and shot dead by the gunmen.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Joseph Mukan, who confirmed the development said the victim was trailed from a bank where he went to withdraw an undisclosed amount of money.
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“The criminals followed the victim from a bank where he went to withdraw money. While they were chasing him he lost control of the steering and ran into a ditch. The criminals met him there and killed him. They did not take the money he withdrew,” said Mukan.
“There were two people in the car when the incident happened. The other person sustained injuries and he is receiving treatment. At the moment we have recovered the corpse of the victim and his car. We have commenced investigation to get the killers. We have gone to the bank to get footage of the outside the CCTV camera may have captured.” he added.
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