A three man gang of robbers have reportedly attacked a warehouse located opposite St. Michael’s Anglican Church, along St. Michael’s road, Aba, Abia State.
The gunmen who were said to have struck the place in a commercial tricycle at about 5pm on Monday were reported to have made away with undisclosed huge amount of money which the owner of the warehouse was said to have been paid to by his customers who came to buy goods from him.
The Nation learnt that the hoodlums before leaving the place shot at one of the workers in the warehouse that was later rushed to an undisclosed private clinic where treatment was being administered. It was however not clear if there was any confrontation between the robbers and the victim.
The robbers who many believed have been carrying surveillance on the area before they struck was said to have left the scene with the same tricycle with a commercial plate number which they came with.
The incident was said to have caused pandemonium and forced business owners in the area to close shop abruptly.
An eyewitness who gave her name as Grace described the incident as surprising, stressing that the hoodlums executed their plans as if they had someone carrying surveillance for them in the area.
“The owner of the shop, we learnt offloaded goods at the weekend and since Monday morning he has been making sales as many people have been coming to carry bell of clothes. The place has been busy and no one would have suspected that such a thing could happen. In fact, it took everyone by surprise. They even want to release gun in the air while they were leaving, but the short gun which they came with couldn’t shoot again while they were driving off,” the eyewitness narrated.
Business and economic activities have since returned to the area when our reporter visited the area on Tuesday as many shop owners who said that it was the first time such a thing was happening around the area said that they have become more vigilant than ever after the incident.
