The sum of 3million naira which was meant to pay up the allowances of about 40ad-hoc staffs who are working as mediation officers for the ministry of Justice, as been carted away by some unknown armed robbers.
Vanguard learnt that the fund which was carted away, was brought into the office at the Secretariat in Alausa, (IKEJA) on Thursday at the close of work.
The robbery incidence, was discovered at about 9:00 am by a staff who raised an alarm, after the robber broke through the celling of the ministry of Accounting Department at the early hours of Friday.
Sources said that about 20 civil servants attached to the department have been detained by the Alausa Police Station for investigation and security officers.