{"id":11906,"date":"2024-07-06T09:43:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T08:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=11906"},"modified":"2024-07-06T09:43:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-06T08:43:29","slug":"lokoja-road-safety-officer-from-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/lokoja-road-safety-officer-from-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Lokoja: Robbers Shoot Road Safety Officer after Trailing Him from Bank\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
Armed robbers on Friday attacked a road safety officer, simply identified as Abu, who was coming from a bank and heading towards his house at Zango in Lokoja, Kogi State.<\/p>\n
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Abu was disposed of yet to be ascertained sum of money by the armed robbers after firing several shots at him.<\/p>\n
An eyewitness stated that the assailants trailed the officer who was riding a motorcycle from the bank up to Lokongoma Phase One right in front of the Lokongoma market.<\/p>\n
He was blocked by the armed robbers and a scuffle ensued over the sum of money, in the process, he was shot three times on both legs and shoulder.<\/p>\n
The state police command, while confirming the robbery, said N139,000 was recovered from the scene while the officer was rushed to the hospital where he is currently receiving treatment.<\/p>\n
The police public relations officer, SP William Aya, said, \u201cAt exactly 1:30 pm, officers received a distress call and rushed to the scene at Lokongoma, Phase One in Lokoja and met Abu, a road safety officer in a pool of having been shot at both legs and shoulder.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was coming from the bank when a Toyota Camry Ash colour car accosted him and blocked him right in front of Lokongoma market, Phase One in Lokoja and was disposed of unspecified sum of money\u201d.<\/p>\n
According to him, the sum of N139,000 was recovered at the scene while the victim was rushed to the hospital for medical attention.<\/p>\n
He said that the police commissioner, Bertrand Onuoha, has drafted officers to the scene to ensure the safety of lives and property and trail the armed robbers with a view to bring them to book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Armed robbers on Friday attacked a road safety officer, simply identified as Abu, who was coming from a…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[236,38],"class_list":{"0":"post-11906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-crime","8":"tag-frsc","9":"tag-lokoja"},"yoast_head":"\n