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Armed robbers storm Civil Service Union secretariat

It was gathered that the gunmen started looting from the offices of the chairman, secretary and auditor of the union.

 

The Nigeria Civil Service Union in Port Harcourt, Rivers State was on Wednesday, July 1 invaded by armed robbers who made away with millions of Naira, laptops, phones and other valuables.

Speaking on the incident, the State Chairman of the Union, Opulabo Lily-West, said his auditor was beaten up by the criminals while they ransacked the offices.

“The miscreants invaded this office armed with all manner of dangerous weapons; forced themselves in, beat up my auditor and shattered my office and stole items from my office and that of the executive secretary.

“They stormed the place, carted away files, documents, personal effects running into millions of Naira. They took the N230,000 that was in my drawer. The hoodlums carted away the monies with which we were paying rebate to our officers.

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“Other items, which were in my drawer were all carted away,” Lily-West said.

The Chairman of the Rivers State Joint Public Negotiating Council, Emecheta Chukwu, who visited the scene of the robbery condemned that incident and called of the police to investigate and prosecute the perpetrators.

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