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Two Nigerian men, Monday Imafidon and Ifeanyi Okafor have been nabbed by the police for stealing N5.2 million dropped by fleeing armed robbers amidst gunshots with the policemen.

The robbery, according to a report filed by Instablog9ja, took place in Uromi, Esan northeast local government area of the state, where the hoodlums stormed the POS outlet on a motorcycle.

They robbed everyone in sight, including the operator. Moments after the robbery, a detachment of police operatives and some residents gave the robbers a hot chase, following which they threw away their loot.

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Though the robbers were arrested, Imafidon and Okafor and some others at large, took advantage of the chaos to steal the money. One of the suspects confessed to stealing only part of the money. “I saw people running after some men on a motorcycle and suddenly we saw plenty money.

I joined other boys to collect the money. The total money we got was N2.5 million, all of us shared it, and I got N600,000”. The state’s PPRO, SP Kontongs Bello, who confirmed the incident, said some cash had been recovered from the suspects.

SOURCE: www.NaijaOnPoint.com

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