Armed robbers attacked the Minna Emirate palace in the broad daylight after trailing the council’s cashier on Tuesday.
They arrived at the palace’s gate shooting at a vigilante commander, two palace guards and carted away N3.3 million.
It was gathered that the armed men trailed the vehicle going through palace road at about 4 pm when the cashier was coming back from a commercial bank and opened fire at the vehicle in front of the Emir Palace.
The Emir was reportedly in the palace while gunmen shot sporadically to scare people away before they made away with undisclosed amount of cash belonging to the Minna Emirate.
Two of the injured palace guards were reportedly taken to Minna General Hospital for medical attention.
An eyewitness said the criminals overpowered the vigilantes in the palace after a gun duel.
The Niger State Command of the Police authorities are yet to comment on the issue.
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