Gunmen cart away huge cash to pay Nasarawa workers

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have reportedly robbed officials of the Nasarawa State Ministry of Finance, Budget and Planning of the sum of N100m.

An eye witness said that the suspected armed robbers trailed officials of the ministry from a commercial bank in Lafia where they withdrew cash in order to pay casual workers in the Ministry.

The incident, according to the eye witness, took place on Tuesday in Lafia, on the premises of the Ministry, adjacent to the State Accountant General’s office, where many security operatives were on guard for the State Accountant General.

“It was on the Ministry’s premises that the well armed men snatched the money, which is around 100m, from the Finance Ministry’s officials, while they were trying to dislodge the cash from the vehicle that was conveying it to the cash room.

“In the process of snatching the money, the gunmen shot sporadically in the air, which made the Ministry’s officials carrying the money and other staff in the Ministry within the premises, lay down low, paving the way for the gunmen to go with the money effortlessly.

The State Commissioner for Finance, Budget and Planning, Haruna Agbole, confirmed the robbery incident but said investigation was ongoing.