The latest bogus agency, called the National Brands Development and Made in Nigeria Special Project Office, was operating illegally from a government office, officials said.
The 16,250 doses arrived at the N’djili International Airport in the capital, Kinshasa, late Friday, as part of 70,000 doses expected from the World Health Organization.
Officials said Zolani Tete was arriving at his residence in Mdantsane township when two armed men wearing balaclavas got out of a vehicle and opened fire.