Unknown gunmen on Wednesday followed an accountant with the Cross River Ministry of Education to the old Government Secretariat near Government House in Calabar and shot him.
The accountant, who was shot in the thigh, was followed to the secretariat from a bank where he had gone to make some withdrawals.
The two gunmen were said to have followed the victim to his office complex, where they forcefully snatched the bag containing unspecified amount of money from him after shooting him at close range.
Contacted, the State police spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo confirmed the report, adding that the victim was promptly transferred to the Naval Referral Hospital for medical assistance.
Ugbo decried the incident, saying that the police were already on the trail of the armed robbers, who were alleged to be following the victim on his motorbike.
It was gathered that the city has recently seen an increase in motorbike robberies
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