{NEWS ZONE} ~ ROBBERS ATTACK ONDO SCHOOL, STEAL MONEY
Some heavily armed gunmen , suspected to be armed robbers, on Thursday stormed the premises of St . Peter’ s Unity Secondary School, Akure , Ondo State , and stole N 3m which belonged to the school .
It was gathered that the robbers struck after the bursar of the school returned from the bank where he withdraw the money.
A source said immediately the bursar entered into the premises, the robbers followed him , shooting continuously into the air to scare away teachers and pupils of the school .
The source said , “ The robbers must have been trailing the bursar from the bank where he had gone to withdraw the money. They forcefully collected the money from him ; but nobody was hurt. ”
The bursar was said to have been arrested by the state police command .
When contacted , the Police Public Relations Officer of the Ondo command , Mr . Femi Joseph, who confirmed the bursar ’ s arrest, said investigation had commenced into the matter .
He blamed the bursar for going to the bank to withdraw such a huge amount of money without police escort.
“ What we learnt was that the hoodlums traced him ( bursar ) to the school after he had gone to withdraw a large sum of money without police protection . The money should be close to N 3m .
“ He is with us and he is helping with investigation. We will quiz him to ascertain whether he knows more than he claims , ” Joseph said .
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