Two Police Officers were on Wednesday Killed in an ambush by unknown gunmen.
The police officers were on patrol along Agbaja road, in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital.
William Ovye Aya, Spokesperson for Kogi State Police Command, Superintendent of Police (SP), who confirmed the incident to newsmen, however, did not disclose the identity of the affected police officers.
According to him, the hoodlums emerged from the bush and attacked the team when they arrived for their routine patrol.
“However, 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 Yusuf, immediately deployed a team of tactical operatives to the area while trailing the hoodlums to apprehend and bring them to book.
“He further directs the Deputy Commissioner of Police Investigation to commence a probe into the incident.
“The Commissioner of Police also uses this medium to call on the people of the area to assist the police with credible information on the identity of the hoodlums to enable the Command to curtail their act of criminality.”
