Tag: Bullion Van
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Gunmen attack bullion van, kill policeman, two others in Delta
There was tragedy on Tuesday evening as gunmen attacked a bullion van, killing a police officer and two women at Ubulu-Okiti, along the Benin-Asaba expressway, Aniocha South local government area of Delta State. Meanwhile, the Dela State Police Command has confirmed that it lost an officer during the bullion van attack at Ubulu-Okiti along the…
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VIDEO: Gunmen attack bullion van in Lagos, loot millions
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers reportedly attacked a bullion van in Ajah area of Lagos and made away with millions of naira. The incident was said to have occurred at Ado road in Ajah. There was sporadic shooting as the robbers broke open the bullion van and carted away millions of naira. The robbers…
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Alleged money laundering: Over 7,000 Nigerians sign petition, demand EFCC investigate Tinubu’s bullion van saga
Over ten thousand Nigerians have signed a petition calling for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate Bola Tinubu for contravening the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act of 2011, by having bullion vans ferry alleged large sums of money into his house on the eve of the 2019 Presidential election. The petition which was…
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Army disowns ‘soldiers’ arrested in bullion van robbery
The Army has said that suspected soldiers held in connection with a bullion van robbery in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State are not their men. Col. Aliyu Yusuf, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations in 82 Division, said this in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday in Enugu. Yusuf said the two men are not serving…
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‘Bring your petition on Tinubu’s bullion van saga…’ EFCC tells activist
Social media activist, Segun Awosanya, otherwise known as Segalink, has clashed with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over the failure of the anti-graft body to go after All Progressives Congress stalwart, Bola Tinubu, despite picture evidence of bullion vans laden with cash allegedly at Tinubu’s Bourdillon, Ikoyi home. Trouble started when the EFCC posted…
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Panic as robbers hijack bullion van in Delta, cart away millions
There was pandemonium on Friday in parts of Asaba, the Delta State capital after armed bandits attacked a bullion van and made away with millions of naira. According to a report by The Nation, the bullion van belongs to a first generation bank in Anambra State. Sounds of gunshots echoed during the operation forcing motorists…
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Amosun escapes death as CBN bullion van rams into convoy
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun on Thursday escaped death in an auto accident at the Ibafo axis of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Mr Juwon Soyinka, said in a statement that the incident happened when a bullion van belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) ran into Amosun’s convoy…