Robbers attack Kano NNPC station; escape with N16m

- Robbers attacked an NNPC station in Kano at 8am on Monday, and stole a sack containing N16 million

- The hoodlums struck just as the vehicle conveying the money from the station to the bank was negotiating a bend

- Two cashiers and their supervisor have been arrested in connection with the robbery

Some suspected armed robbers on Monday, March 12, in Kano, attacked staff of NNPC Mega filling station in Hotoro area and made away with N16 million.

An eye witness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano that the incident happened at 8am when the staff were conveying the money to one of the commercial banks in the area.

Legit.ng gathers that the suspects were said to have attacked the vehicle conveying the money and snatched one of the sacks containing N16 million. According to the witness, one of the two sacks contains N16 million and the other, over N10 million.

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“All in all, there was over N26 million in the two sacks when the incident happened. The suspected robbers took away one of the sacks containing N16 million," he said.

Soon after the suspects snatched the money, they shot sporadically in the air to scare people and fled.

When contacted, the police public relations officer for the Command in the state, SP Magaji Majiya, confirmed the story. He, however, said the incident happened around Kwanar Mashaya when the vehicle conveying the money was negotiating a bend and suddenly, two suspected armed robbers attacked it.

The police image maker said in the process, the suspects snatched one of the bags containing N16 million. He said three suspected staff of the NNPC Mega station had been arrested in connection with the robbery, saying that that the money was for Friday, Saturday and Sunday sales.

“As I am talking to you now, cashier one, two and their supervisor have been arrested in connection with the robbery. Investigation into the matter has commenced with a view to arresting the fleeing suspects," he said.

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In a related development, Legit.ng previously reported that a filling station in Abuja, the nations’ capital, was robbed by hoodlums.

Unaware that there was a CCTV camera installed in the station’s office, the four thieves entered through the window and made away with valuables.

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Source: Legit.ng