Gunmen Ambush Police Patrol Team In Kogi Kill Two Police Officers
In the early hours of Wednesday, December 21,
2022, a patrol team of the Nigerian Police force was ambushed by gunmen along
the Agbaja road in Lokoja the Kogi state capital.
Two police officers lost their lives in the
attack that occurred just after the police team arrived in the area for their
patrol.
SP Williams Aya, the public relations
officer of the Kogi State Police command confirmed the incident and also added
that the commissioner of police in the state CP Akeem A. Yusuf has directed the
deputy commissioner of police to investigate the ugly incident to uncover the
culprits and bring them to book.
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The
statement read;
“The command lost two of its
personnel during the gun duel with the hoodlums as they fled before the
re-enforcement team arrived.
“The
Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, CP Akeem A. Yusuf, psc (+), FDC,
immediately deployed a team of tactical operatives to the area while trailing
the hoodlums to apprehend and bring them to book.”
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