The deceased was said to have left a commercial bank located along the Omida-Ibara axis of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, where he had gone to pick up some undisclosed cash on behalf of the State Government.
THEWILL gathered that the robbers blocked the homemade bullion van in which the deceased and the driver were riding into the office on the Kuto flyover, shot at Oyekanmi, broke the door of the van with a sledgehammer, and went away with the money.
Oyekanmi died at a General Hospital in Ijaye, where he was rushed for medical attention.
Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alamatu, who confirmed the incident, said: “This afternoon, the accountant, the director of finance, the driver, and one other person left for a commercial bank to make some withdrawals; they went with a homemade bullion van.
“They were supposed to have a police escort, but for certain reasons, the person was permitted to travel to attend to some issues, so consequently, he was not part of the movement today.
“According to the story, after making the withdrawal and on their way back to the office, they were accosted.
“A vehicle blocked them on top of the bridge; five occupants of the vehicle came down, shot at the director, and from their vehicle brought out a sledgehammer to force the receptacle where the money was kept open, and they left with the money.
“As at that time, there was no information, the police escort was not with the team, and they sped off.
“The driver claimed to have trailed them to a point along the conference hotel where he lost contact with them.
“The director that was shot was, thereafter, taken to Ijaye Hospital, where he eventually gave up the ghost.
“For our investigation, I have directed the Area Commander to get to the bank and request the CCTV footage, which will give us insight into the vehicle in question and the possibility of identifying the culprits if they ever ventured to step out of the vehicle or maybe they just maintained their position in the vehicle.
“I have reached out to Lagos and everywhere in the Command to block all the exits out of the State while we are trying to identify them because they said they were five and they used hoods.”
In a related incident, an accountant with the Cross River State Ministry of Education was shot on Wednesday, when gunmen trailed him to the old Government Secretariat near Government House in Calabar
The accountant, who was shot in the thigh, was trailed to the secretariat from a bank where he had gone to make some withdrawals.
The two gunmen were said to have trailed the victim to his office complex, where they forcefully took the bag containing money from him after shooting him at close range.
Spokesperson for the State Police Command, SP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident, said the victim was immediately rushed to the Naval Referral Hospital for medical attention.
Ugbo condemned the act, adding that the police were already on the trail of the gunmen.
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