Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Wednesday attacked a patrol van conveying operatives of the Kogi State Police Command, shooting dead two officers.
POLITICS NIGERIA learned that the attack occurred on Wednesday morning along Agbaja road, Lokoja, the state capital, when the assailants emerged from the bush and fired at the security agents. A gun battle was said to have ensued, prompting the criminals to flee.
“The command lost two of its personnel during the gun duel with the hoodlums as they fled before the re-enforcement team arrived,” a statement by the Kogi State Police command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), William Aya, said.
“The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, Akeem Yusuf, immediately deployed a team of tactical operatives to the area while trailing the hoodlums to apprehend and bring them to book.
“The commissioner was said to have further directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Investigation, to commence investigation into the incident.”
