Gunmen Kill Anglican Diocese Bursar In Ondo After Financial Institution Transaction

A bursar of the Akure Anglican Diocese in Ondo State has been shot lifeless.

The bursar, who has been recognized as Gabriel Kola Abiodun, was killed on Thursday by gunmen suspected to be ‘armed robbers’ who have been stated to have adopted him after leaving the banking premises.

According to an eyewitness, who was on the scene of the incident, Abiodun was trailed down from the financial institution by three males armed with weapons, to the church the place they rained bullets on him.

“The man (bursar) had simply returned from one of many new era banks to withdraw some fund which we be taught was in all probability meant for retirees.

“It was that cash which is about N500,000 that the three gunmen trailed him down with, to the church diocese and he was shot within the tigh.

“I believe the armed robbers struggled the cash with him, collected it and earlier than they ran from the premises.

“By the time we would come out of the building, there is already blood stains everywhere on the floor,” he stated.

A supply within the diocese confirmed the assault on the bursar, noting that the church authority have invited police to the scene for investigations.

“It is true, the person accountable for the church’s finance was shot lifeless this morning (Thursday) round 9:30 am contained in the premises of the diocese.

“The church have invited the police to the premises and his they have taken his corpse away. It was just a sad incident for us this morning,” he stated.

Also, the spokesman of the Ondo Police Command, Femi Joseph, who confirmed the incident, stated, “yes, it is true the man was shot but we are now investigating the case and his body has been evacuated”.