4 killed as gunmen snatch LG salary

Bearly few months after armed robbers snatched the salaries of potiskum local goverment worker's salaries, another Gunmen suspected to be robbers have killed three soldiers and an accountant who were conveying salary of workers of Gulani local government, Yobe state, northeast Nigeria. The robbers opened fire on the bus conveying the military personnel, the accountant identified as Ali Lawan Dachia, and the salary said to be about N35 million. Sources said the money was being conveyed from Gashua local government when the bandits way laid the team close to the entrance to Gulani. Yobe police commissioner Patrick Egbuniwe confirmed the attack and said the incident happened at around 5:40pm on Wednesday. Several local government councils have suffered similar attacks in recent months.