The police commissioner said that the bodies of the five victims have been deposited at the morgue of ASCOL Medical Centre in Ajaokuta Steel Complex.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Kogi State Police Command on Saturday said two Indian expatriates are missing following Friday evening attack on a convoy of top management staff of West Africa Ceramics Company Ajaokuta, Kogi.
Kogi Commissioner of Police Edward Egbuka made the disclosure on Saturday in a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson William Ovye-Aya in Lokoja.
Egbuka said, “We just discovered that two expatriates of the West Africa Ceramics Company Ajaokuta were abducted by hoodlums that launched an attack on their convoy along Lokoja-Ajaokuta road.
“Our findings also showed that only one expatriate was killed along with the two police inspectors and two drivers of the ceramic company.”
According to Egbuka, the police will not relent until the expatriates are freed and the attackers apprehended.
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“While we condemn in strong term the dastardly act of the attackers, we are resolute to track them (hoodlums) down and rescue the expatriates unhurt,” said Egbuka.
The commissioner debunked rumour that guns belonging to policemen were taken away by the attackers.
“The police also wish to refute the insinuation that the hoodlums took away some AK-47 guns belonging to our officers during the attack,” he said.
Egbuka appealed to the public to report any suspicious character or movement to the security agencies for necessary action.
He said that the bodies of the five victims have been deposited at the morgue of ASCOL Medical Centre in Ajaokuta Steel Complex.