Our correspondent gathered that the armed hoodlums also kidnapped two brothers who own a popular boutique at Choba.
A source who claimed to have witnessed the incident said the hoodlums shot dead a policeman guarding the boutique before kidnapping the brothers.
Our source said the gunmen used a vehicle belonging to the boutique owners for their escape through the Choba river, where they forced them onto a speed boat.
Two mobile policemen attached to a food procession company in the area were also shot dead by the hoodlums in their bid to escape.
Our source said the robbery and kidnap operation last night has sparked fear among business owners around Choba community
Our correspondent reports that policemen attach to Choba Divisional Headquarter have moved the remains of their slain colleague to a mortuary.
