Armed robbers on Tuesday attacked a bullion van belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), at Hawan Kibo hills, near Riyom in Plateau, killing two policemen attached to the van as escorts.
It was gathered that the bullion vans and their retinue of armed mobile policemen escorts had left Jos Tuesday morning en route Abuja.
But immediately after a military check point along Hawan Kibo, the robbers, wearing military uniforms, emerged from a bush and attacked a patrol team belonging to the Plateau State security outfit, “Operation Rainbow”, attached to Riyom local government.
The spokesman of Plateau Police Command, Mr Terna Tyopev, told newsmen in Jos that the van was ambushed by the robbers. He said that three other policemen attached to the bullion van were injured.
He said that the bullion van was carrying money from Jos to Lafia in Nasawara State. “It was a clear case of ambush; they were attacked unexpectedly.
“Policemen escorting the bullion van repelled the attack; unfortunately we lost two of our men on the spot, while three other were badly injured,” Tyopev told pressmen.