In Enugu, Masked Gunmen Attack Supermarket, Cart Away Goods

Gun-wielding criminals raided Uzorbest Super-market Limited, a prominent supermarket in Enugu’s Onu Asata Junction, carrying away products worth over N1 million.

The burglars took 18 bags of 50kg foreign and local rice, 10 bags of 10kg rice, 30 boxes of noodles, and five bags of 20kg semolina, according to reports.

Four massive cooking gas cylinders were also stolen from a nearby shop and delivered to the Supermarket by the armed thieves.

The bandits arrived at the Supermarket in three Hilux jeeps in commando-style at about 6 p.m. on Monday, according to a NAN correspondent who visited the Uzorbest Super-market Limited on Tuesday.

Mr Sunday Ngwoke, who was present at the supermarket, told NAN that the thieves, who numbered around 15, were wearing black face masks and one of them kept saying “fill these bags swiftly.”

“At first I thought they were government officials that came to check for the standard of the products.

“I struggled to restrict one of them not taking the first bag of rice but when I saw the big gun one of them was holding I restricted myself.

“They parked the whole items I mentioned to you earlier and loaded it into the three Hilux jeeps as been commanded by one of them.

“Before they left, they started shooting sporadically into the air and scared everybody away.

“We thank God no one was hurt throughout the incident and they did not take a kobo from the supermarket just the foodstuffs and the four giant cooking gas cylinders of our neighbor,” he said.

Enugu Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, said that the Command was yet to get a brief of the incident from the Divisional Police Officer at Ogui Division.

“The Command will establish contact with the DPO in the area and get full details of the incident.

“I am assuring you and the members of the public that the Command will issue an official statement on the incident after being briefed,’’ he said.

(NAN)