Unknown gunmen operating in a commercial tricycle have reportedly attacked a betting center located in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State.
This is even as a staff of the betting house located on 18 Asa by St. Michaels Road was said to be battling for his life in an undisclosed hospital.
Unconfirmed report has it that many others who had come to bet in the center were said to have been injured as well.
It was learnt that the gunmen had dispossessed staffs of an undisclosed huge amount of cash.
It wasr gathered that one of the gunmen shot at the betting house staff after the staff had grabbed him while other members of the gang had left the shop.
According to reports, the betting house staff had grabbed a member of the gang he suspected didn’t have any gun on him and raised alarm to attract help from passersby.
An eyewitness, who corroborated the robbery report to newsmen said that the robbers shot one of the workers in the Bet House in the leg after he held one of them from escaping but couldn’t get help from passersby who ran for their dear lives.
According to the eyewitness, the armed robbers numbering four came on tricycle and shot sporadically to scare people without any response from the army whose checkpoint is not far behind.