SAM Daily Times

''GUNMEN KILL 3, SNATCH LG SALARY IN BORNO'' 

By Abel Abel Inis

University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Africa Correspondent, SAM

Five suspected armed robbers yesterday killed two policemen and a staff of Guzamala LGA Of Borno state, Nigeria and carted away millions of naira that was meant for the payment of salary of the Local Government employees. 

Witness said the police had escorted the staff of the finance department of the LG, who withdrew the unspecified amount of money at a new generation bank in Maiduguri, the state capital but were intercepted. A staff of the LG said that the armed robbers who drove in a white starlet saloon car at about 2.30pm, intercepted the vehicle carrying the police escort and the LG officials. 

The source said 'they brandished sophisticated guns and shot the victims before they took away all the money that was withdrawn from the bank. Similar robbery incidents were carried out early this year when some armed robbers killed and took away the salaries of Kaga, Jere, Shani and Kala-Balge Local Government areas.