Robbers raid hospital in Abeokuta

Robbers terrorising residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, on Monday afternoon, shifted their targets from commercial banks to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, in the town and carted away undisclosed amount of money.

The three-man gang stormed the premises of the hospital in a red Toyota Corolla (CE), monitoring when the money made in the day would be taken to the bank.

The robbers double- crossed a green colour Toyota vehicle, collecting the money at Elite Junction, when they ordered the occupants of the vehicle to come down at gun-point.

It was gathered that the robbers escaped through  Kemta-Idi-Aba and were said to be shooting sporadically in the air to scare people.

There was heavy vehicular movement within the town, as men of the state special anti robbery squad mounted road blocks to prevent the robbers from getting away with the money.

It will be recalled that similar incident happened some months back at the state hospital, Ijaiye.

Responding, the Public Relations Officer of the hospital, Mr Segun Orisajo, confirmed the incident.

He said that two account officers of the hospital were in the vehicle when the incident happened.

He said the matter had since been reported to the police for proper investigation.