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Suspected armed robber kills man he trailed from the bank, cart away with his N10m in Ekiti

Palpable tension engulfed parts of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital after unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers k!lled a middle aged motorist identified simply as Mr. Olasunkanmi Joseph.

According to Punch, the masked assailants were said to have caught up with the man in his car around the Irona area of the capital city on Thursday, April 6, 2023.

Sources told the publication that the gunmen trailed the man and attacked him when he got stuck in traffic.

“It was as if he knew he was being trailed, judging by the manner he drove to that point but his assailants caught up with him in the traffic congestion, when he could no longer move. The gunmen, who were dressed in black dragged him out of the car to the ground. They shot him d£ad. They carried a sack from his car and zoomed off in their car. Nobody can say exactly what the bag contained, whether money or another thing,” he said.

The Nation, however, reported that the gunmen carted away N10m the deceased went to withdraw from a commercial bank in Ado-Ekiti, adding that he was on his way home when the incident happened.

A roadside trader in the area told the publication that the victim was chased to the area and was trying to negotiate the roundabout when he was held down by the heavy traffic and was blocked by the assailants.

Also speaking, a middle-aged man who simply identified himself as Paul, narrated that the victim was trying to escape from the area, but the heavy traffic in the area held him down before he was shot by the assailants who rode on a motorcycle.

“The man already knew he was being pursued as he tried to manoeuvre the roundabout in haste. But he was held down by traffic congestion, ”he said.

The incident resulted in a pandemonium as commuters, roadside traders and passersby scampered for safety as the gunmen shot sporadically.

Meanwhile, a Facebook user, Aje Smith, who identified the victim fondly as Mr. Jossy, a POS operator, said that he rescued them during the hardship caused by cash scarcity.

Spokesperson of the State police Command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident, said that investigation has commenced.

Prevail Inegbenose

Prevail Inegbenose is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Spark Media & Entertainment Ventures, the Publisher of Spark News Daily - Nigeria's most sought-after online newspaper in Government, Politics, Sport, Entertainment and Religion. Prevail Inegbenose studied Mass Communication from the prestigious Auchi Polytechnic Auchi and graduated in 2007. He is an experienced journalist with 16 years of active and practical journalism. Prevail Inegbenose is the Lead Pastor, House of God Int'l - Rest Tabernacle, Abuja - Nigeria. Tel: 08039564796.

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