By Austin Ogwuda

Asaba – SUSPECTED armed robbers defied the tight security at Delta State Government House Complex, Asaba, when they broke into the Accounts Department. Though all the drawers were thoroughly ransacked, there was no money for them to steal.

It was suspected that the robbery attempt may be an insider job.

Contacted, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Sunny Ogefere, said: “There was an attempt but nothing was removed. No money was removed.”

A gang of armed robbers, it will be recalled, had on November 8 last year, while operating on motorcycles, snatched over N50 million from the Chief Accountant of the Delta State Government House, Asaba, at gunpoint.

The Chief Accountant, Mr. Michael Oghene, was ambushed on his way back to Government House after cashing the money in one of the commercial banks on Nnebisi Road.

Ironically, the robbery incident took place by Inter-Bau Roundabout, which is a few metres from the state Police Command headquarters.