Edo: Robbers loot bureau de change, kill security guard

A security guard at Lagos Street in Benin City identified as Abubakar Shuaibu has been killed by armed robbers.

The robbers broke into three bureau de change shops in the street and also looted other stores.

Lagos Street is a commercial nerve centre in Benin City.

The body of late Shuaibu was found in the morning when the shop owners resumed for business activities.

The deceased was stabbed in the stomach while his colleague Haruna Zakari was stabbed on the leg and was found tied to the ground.

In 2014, three teenagers sleeping in one of the stores in the area were beheaded.

The owners of the shops refused comment on the matter, but the body of late Shuaibu was later taken away for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.

The Chairman of Hausa Community in the state, Alhaji Badamasi Salihu, said killing of security guards in the area was a common phenomenon.

He said those that beheaded the three teenagers were yet to be arrested.

Salihu appealed for more protection from security agencies.

The Spokesmen for Edo State Police Command, Joseph Edogiawerie, confirmed the killing, saying investigation has commenced into the matter.