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From GEORGE ONYEJIUWA,OWERRI
Daredevil armed robbers struck again in Owerri capital of Imo State, South East Nigeria snatching 10million naira from a Chinese contractor.
The Chinese Contractor had earlier withdrawn the cash from a bank in the Owerri metropolis of the state.
It was reliably gathered that the bandits had laid in wait for the expatriate contractor and as soon as he came out from the back gate of the bank, they targeted the police escort with him and shot him severally before going after the Chinese businessman whom they shot on of the legs.
It was furthered learnt that the other two robbers who were in their black Toyota Camry immediately jumped out of their car and grabbed the two Ghana Must Go Bags containing the money and zoomed off from the scene.
A witness said that, “immediately the foreigner was driven out of the bank premises in his black Toyota car, with the number plate Abuja 723 JR by his driver , the gunmen who were already waiting double crossed his vehicle and as the Police Inspector who is the escort to the Chinese contractor tried to resist them he was shot severally on his chest and the Chinese was also shot on his leg and he fell out of the car.
Continuing, the witness who spoke on condition of anonymity said that. “at that time that the two other robbers who were in their Camry car immediately jumped out and snatched the two Ghana Must Go bags containing the money said to be about N10M”.