BREAKING: Gunmen Open Fire, Shoots Police Officers Dead
BREAKING: Gunmen Open Fire, Shoots Police Officers Dead
Three mobile policemen were on Thursday morning killed while another was seriously injured as gunmen opened fire on them while they were resuming at their duty post near Agor, along the Igarra-Auchi Road in Edo State.
One of the assailants, however, died of gunshots while another sustained gunshot wounds and has been taken to an undisclosed hospital for treatment and interrogation
According to a report by Leadership, six rifles were recovered from the attackers’ hideout after it was discovered by a local vigilante group.
It was also gathered that the incident happened between 5:30am and 6am close to the popular Agor market where the mobile policemen usually mount a roadblock.
It was learnt that they established the checkpoint because of the activities of kidnappers in the area who comb the farm settlements in that area kidnapping and collecting ransom from innocent farmers.
Narrating the incident, the head of the vigilante group in the area, Ibukun Dogo, said: “I got a call from the DPO around 6am that his men were attacked and we quickly mobilized to the place and saw the lifeless bodies of the three officers. We saw blood markings on the ground into the bush and we trailed that blood stains to a hideout of the suspects where we met two of them with gunshot injuries, one died from the gunshots while the other was taken away by the police to the hospital.
“We recovered the four police rifles and additional two in the area. The suspect said they are from Okene in Kogi state but we don’t know their mission whether it is armed robbery or kidnapping they wanted to use the arms and ammunition for.”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Edo State, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the Command was yet to get the details of the incident.
