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Business News of Friday, 24 January 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

Money Heist: Gunmen invade MTN, Birnin-Kebbi, cart N4.5m

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Gunmen successfully performed a robbery operation on an MTN office in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, carting away a whopping amount of N4.5 million in the process.

The incident took place at the MTN office located in the Tudun-Wada area of the Kebbi State capital, around 2pm.

The gun-wielding assailants forced all the customers on the floor after firing warning shots in the air and went on to demand money. Successful with their raid, they got away in a Toyota saloon car registered with a Bauchi state plate number, head of MTN in Kebbi state, Ibrahim Dasuki said.

MyNigeria gathered that the gunmen could have trailed a member of staff who went to withdraw money for office transactions from the bank.

The Public Relations Officer of the Kebbi Police Command, DSP Nafi’u Abubakar promised to fish all perpetrators of the dastardly act to book.