An accountant with the Cross River Ministry of Education was shot by suspected armed robbers on Wednesday.
The robbers were said to have trailed him from a bank to his office complex at the old Government Secretariat near Government House in Calabar.
The accountant, was shot in the thigh by the two gunmen on a motorcycle who forcefully took the bag containing money from him.
Spokesperson of the state Police Command, SP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident, said the victim was immediately rushed to the Naval Referral Hospital for medical attention.
The PPRO condemned the act, adding that the police were already on the trail of the gunmen.
