Eyewitness account revealed to The Verite that when the UBE board authority was paying its staff in the board premises 16A Elechi Beach, Mile I Diobu Port Harcourt a dare-devil armed robbery gang stormed the place to take away the money meant for the payment of school teachers.

Confirming the incident to The Verite, the state Police Public Relation Officer, Police Superintendent, Rita Innume Abbey, revealed that though, the police force lost one of its officer in the gun battle and another seriously injured, Mr. Briggs Wilkinson Frank from Abonnema in Akukutoru local government council was gunned down by the police while others took to their heels.

However, Port Harcourt the capital city of Rivers State has been recording robbery and assassination cases. So fearsome to residents of the city. How the gangsters learnt o the teachers payment remains a mystery to members of the UBE Board.

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