Robbers cart N96m at Lagos Airport: Blame it on Subsidy? Wink

Robbers Wednessday night, carted away US$600,000 (N95, 969, 998.17 million) from a Bureau De Change operator inside Murtala Muhamed International Airport Lagos. The robbers stormed the car park which is usually in darkness and shot sporadically into the air, wounding a woman, before dispossessing their victim of the said amount at about 8.30pm.

The incident, according to the operator who simply identified himself as Salisu took place without any intervention from the security agencies stationed at various locations at the airport. Salisu said the robbers who arrived with sophisticated weapons traced a Dubai bound passenger that came to change his money into American dollars, adding that the operator ran into the robbers and was disposessed of the foreign currency.

Efforts to reach the Commissioner of Police, at MMA Command, Mr. Gwari Alkali proved abortive as he did not pick his calls or reply the SMS that was sent to him. The Command Public Relation Officer, Mr Denis Ifijen was also contacted on telephone to confirm the incident but his phone number did not go through.

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