Terror As Armed Men Shoot PoS Operators

It was a terror filled Sunday for some residents in Umuahia, Abia state, as armed robbers attacked business areas of Operators of Point of Sale, PoS, in an attempt to rob them of their cash.

GWG.ng learnt that the first attack took place along Uzuakoli Road in the Umuahia, while the second place attacked by the armed robbers was on the opposite side of the town.

A commercial bus driver who claimed to have been driving past when the first incident happened along Uzuakoli Road said that the armed robbers arrived at the scene with a tricycle, shooting in the air to send people away before ordering the PoS dealers in sight to hand over their cash to them.

The robbers reportedly shot one of the PoS dealers who hesitated in handing out his cash before driving away, leaving residents and church worshippers terrified.

GWG.ng also learnt that the armed robbers moved to the Azikiwe-Ikot Ekpene Road and FMC axis of Umuahia and attacked another PoS dealer.

Gunshots from the robbers, however, attracted the attention of officers of the Abia State Police Command, who mobilised to the scene, thereby causing the robbers to flee. It was not established if the robbers succeeded in stealing from their victims or not.

A report by ABN TV Umuahia, however, said that two of the PoS dealers were shot by the robbers and are now receiving treatment in a hospital in Umuahia.

Confirming the incident on Sunday evening, the spokesperson of the Abia State Police Command, ASP Maureen Chinaka, said: “Yes, there was such incident but the police did the needful and an investigation is ongoing.”

With additional reports from Daily post

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