A staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN) and three other shoppers were reportedly shot dead on Tuesday evening when suspected armed robbers struck at the popular Abdullahi Supermarket in One Man Village, near Mararaba in Abuja.
The CBN staff identified through his identity card as Daniel Adefemi Okunade was said to have been shot in the head and died immediately.
The identities of the three others who were killed along with the CBN staff could not be known as of the time of filing this report.
An eyewitness account said that the robbery operation lasted less than two minutes.
The CBN staff, who is the choir master of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) was said to have stopped over at the Supermarket to buy bread for his family when the robbers found their way into the ever busy store and gunned down the four customers.
It was gathered that his Toyota Venza Car parked outside the Supermarket was not touched by the men of the underworld.
The late Okunade was said to be returning from work when he met his untimely death in the hands of the suspected robbers.
It was learnt that hundreds of sympathizers, including church members, have been trooping to the house of the late CBN staff to sympathize with his family.
It was also learnt that police operatives from New Nyayan Divisional Police Station moved the corpse of the victims to the Mararaba Medical Center mortuary in Mararaba.
All attempts to confirm the incident from the police proved abortive.
