Gunmen kill man after snatching his $80,000 in Lagos
A Bureau De Change (BDC) operator, Victor Thorpe, was killed in Lagos by assailants who snatched his company’s $80,000 (N28.8m).
The incident occurred at 11am on Friday when the BDC operator went to his company’s vault, said to be at LEGICO building, on Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos, to pick up the money.
The Nation reports that the assailants, who were on a motorcycle, double-crossed the commercial bus he boarded, went inside, snatched the money and shot him in the chest at close range.
A family friend said the killers went straight for him inside the bus.
She said: “They demanded the money, which he released. After that, they shot him in the chest at close range.
“No other person was attacked in the bus. There were other passengers. He was a very humble and kind man and a good Christian. It is painful that he died like that. He was in his early 50s. His children are still young. The oldest is about 15 years old.
“He was rushed to the Military Hospital on Awolowo road where he died. The incident occurred by EcoBank/LEGICO building on Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island. He was on his way to his office from the vault.”
The Lagos State Police spokesman Chike Oti said seven suspects had been arrested.
