Group of men disguised themselves as policemen robs Nigerian delegates in South Africa.

A major manhunt is underway for a group of men, who posed as policemen and robbed a Nigerian delegate in Johannesburg, agency reports indicated yesterday.


Gabriel Gundo is in the city to attend the 25th African Union (AU) summit.

Police confirmed that the taxi transporting Gundo was stopped on Marlboro Drive outside the suburb of Sandton while driving from OR Tambo International Airport.

Police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini said the assailants produced police identification and took 570 dollars from the Nigerian, but did not hurt him.

The elite Hawks crime-fighting unit is now investigating whether the robbery was planned or if Gundo’s vehicle was followed from the airport.