His name is Emmanuel Uche Best, from Umuaku, Isuochi Umunneochi Local Government Area, LGA of Abia State, attended and graduated from the Benue State Polytechnic Ugbokolo.
According to the information obtained by “Precious Eze’s Blog”, Emmanuel finished his mandatory NYSC in June 2023, got a job with the United Bank for Africa, UBA but ran out of luck as he was killed in the robbery attack at the branch of his bank in Otukpo on Friday, on the 20th of October.
According to information, as at 3pm Friday afternoon, Emmanuel was alive and doing his job but the notorious armed robbers did not spare his life in the attack that affected other banks like First Bank, Access, Stanbic IBTC and Zenith Banks, living his family in an unending misery, tears and pain.
You would recall that on Friday, the 20th of October, 2023, daredevil armed robbers stormed three bank branches in the Otukpo area of Benue State and carted away money in several millions, killing about seven (7) people including a former counselor who was transacting business and Emmanuel Uche-Best who worked with UBA branch in the state.
An eyewitness who simply identified himself as Sunny said the robbers first attacked the police station before proceeding to the banks and it must have been the sporadic gunshots that may have hit Emmanuel and killed him on the spot.
This platform got wind of the fact that same Friday that this incident happened, the Deputy Managing Director, DMD of the bank, Mr. Muyiwa Akinyemi called a meeting clamouring for staff to pursue deposits and account opening with the bank.
According to some disgruntled staff of the bank, “There was robbery in the bank in Benue on Friday, we feel for the sake of sympathy and the respect for the dead, the DMD shouldn’t have proceeded with the meeting he had on Saturday morning, charging members of staff put in for deposits”.