The gunmen emerged from the bush and attacked the Kogi police team after they arrived for their routine patrol.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Two police officers have been killed and two injured after gunmen on Wednesday ambushed a patrol team in Kogi State.
Spokesman of Kogi State Police Command, William Ovye-Aya, in a statement said the attack on the police patrol team occurred on the Agbaja road, Lokoja where the hoodlums emerged from the bush and attacked the team after they arrived for their routine patrol.
“Today, December 21, our Command received the unfortunate report and wicked attack on our patrol team on the Agbaja road, Lokoja in the attention by some hoodlums.
“The hoodlums emerged from the bush and attacked the team when they arrived for their routine patrol on the said road.
“Unfortunately and sadly, the command lost two of its personnel.
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“The gunmen, however, fled before a re-enforcement team arrived at the scene of the ugly incident,” he said.
Ovye-Aya noted that the Kogi Commissioner of Police, Akeem Yusuf, has deployed a team of tactical operatives to the area to trail the hoodlums in order to apprehend and bring them to book.
According to him, the CP has further directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Investigation) to commence investigation into the incident.
Ovye-Aya said that the commissioner appealed to the people of the area to assist the police with credible information on the identity of the hoodlums to enable the Command to check their criminal activities.
