Suspected gunmen on Tuesday afternoon raided the palace of the Emir of Minna, in Niger State, His Royal Highness, Dr. Umar Farouk Bahago, and went away with undisclosed sums of money from the palace.
Reports have it that the gunmen had trailed the cashier of the palace from a commercial bank in Mina, the state capital, where he had gone to withdraw the money meant for the payment of the palace staff salaries, before robbing him at gunpoint.
The incident was said to have occurred at exactly 4:30 p.m. when the gunmen, numbering about four, in a car with tinted glasses blocked the entrance gate of the palace.
Two palace guards were shot by the gunmen and are in critical condition at a government facility in Minna.
There was no statement yet from the palace as of the time of filing this report, but the state police command confirmed the robbery incident.
