SAN FRANCISCO, August 05, (THEWILL) – Armed Men on Wednesday snatched over N7m cash from one of the accountants in the office of the Secretary to the State Government, Niger state.
The incident is coming exactly a year after a similar robbery took place on 5th August, 2019, when an Accountant with the office of the Head of Service had N9.5million snatched from him by armed men at the entrance gate of the state Secretariat.
Reports say, the Accountant who was accompanied by a junior staff were returning to their office in a Toyota Hillux van after collecting the money from a first generation Bank in Minna when they were accosted at a U-turn, less than 20 meters to the office.
Confirming the incident, one of the Permanent Secretaries in the SSG’s office, Alhaji Musa Rogo said the money snatched was N7m meant for payment to a contractor who supplied some grains to the government before the Eid el Kabir sallah celebration.
“We issued a cheque to the contractor but he insisted he wanted cash, that is why our people went to cash the cheque for him. The money does not belong to government. It belongs to the contractor. If you look at our books, we have paid the contractor”, Togo declared.
Niger State Police Public Relations Officer ASP Wasiu Abiodun said he was yet to receive the report when contacted,
On the 5th of August 2019 exactly one year ago, a similar robbery took place at the office of the Head of Service where over N9.5m was snatched from the Chief Accountant of the HoS office.
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Also in July 2019, Gunmen also snatched N1.9million from the cashier of the state Judicial Service Commission at about 9:00am in Minna, the state capital. He was equally returning from the Bank when the incident occurred.
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