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Robbers Attack Fuel Station Manager, Snatch N6.8m

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Eight gunmen have ambushed a fuel station manager in the Morogbo area of the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. They reportedly stole N6.8m, which was the proceeds from fuel sale for the day.

Our correspondent learnt that the assailants also shot their victim, identified only as Adewale, in the left arm before making away with the money.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the manager was attacked inside his Toyota Camry while taking the money to a bank. According to the police, Adewale was the manager of De-Sholly Petroleum in the Morogbo area.

It was gathered that the gang, which came on four motorcycles, armed themselves with four locally-made cut-to-size double-barrelled guns.

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14,000 PVCs Snatched By Hoodlums in Rivers, Says INEC

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INEC has said hoodlums forcibly snatched about 14,000 Permanent Voter’s Cards (PVCs) from officials of the commission during the collection exercise in Rivers State.

The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs. Gesila Khan, made the disclosure while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday. She said some of the cards were stolen from local government collection centres where the PVCs were deposited at the close of the collection exercise to enable the rightful owners pick them up at their own time before the elections.

Khan also said over 50,000 PVCs would be distributed to their owners before the general election, adding that more than 80 per cent of the registered voters in the state have collected their PVCs. She stated that her office received 2,990,056 PVCs and distributed 1,869,379.

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