Robbers snatched LG workers’ salaries in Enugu
Felix Okoye
Enugu Police on Sunday confirmed the snatching of Oji River Local Government council workers’ salaries and allowances.
Information has it that, armed robbers snatched the money amounting to N3 million meant for payment of workers’ salaries and allowances from one Victor Chukwuani, a cashier with the affected local government along Lagos Street, within the Ogui axis of Enugu metropolis.
The clerk was said to have cashed the money from a New Generation Bank located at Rangers Avenue in Enugu, split it into two and placed it differently in his car before leaving the bank premises.
However, information had it that while returning to office along Lagos Street, a green coloured Spider car double-crossed him and ordered him to hand over the money he had collected from the bank, which he did.
Enugu State Police Command, spokesperson, Supol Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident in a statement said: “Chukwuani believed to be a cashier with the said council had claimed he had gone to a new generation bank located at Rangers Avenue in Enugu where he allegedly withdrew the sum of N3 million being money meant for salaries and allowances of some staff of the local government which according to him is to be paid cash.
“He further claimed that after the withdrawal, he split the money into two and placed them differently inside his personal car and drove off and at lagos street within ogui axis,a spider car green in colour blocked him and with the emergence of four men armed with gun and ordered him to give them the money.
“According to him, he released the first bag to them and they insisted that one other bag is left and threatened to shoot him before it was finally given to them and they disappeared.
“Meanwhile Chukwuani is yet to give convincing reason why himself went alone to withdraw such a money and why the option of paying salary and allowance by hand contrary to their system of paying staff through bank”.