On Wednesday, gunmen followed an accountant with the Cross River Ministry of Education to the old Government Secretariat near Government House in Calabar and shot him.
The accountant, who was wounded in the thigh, was pursued from a bank where he had gone to make some withdrawals to the secretariat.
The two gunmen were said to have trailed the victim to his office complex where they forcefully took the bag containing money from him after shooting him at close range.
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The spokesperson of the state Police Command, SP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the story, said the victim was immediately rushed to the Naval Referral hospital for medical attention.
Mr Ugbo condemned the act, adding that the police were already on the trail of the gunmen who were said to trailed the victim on motorcycle.
The city has recently witnessed a surge in robbery attacks on motorcycles.
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