Kogi: Gunmen Ambush Police Patrol Team, Kill Two Officers

By Ayodele Oni

It was a bloody Wednesday for some Policemen attached to Kogi State Command of the Nigerian Police as gunmen ambushed a police patrol team, killing two and wounding two other officers.

The incident has been confirmed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP William Ovye-Aya in a statement in Lokoja.

Ovye-Aya explained that the attack on the police patrol team occurred on the Agbaja road, Lokoja where the hoodlums, emerged from the bush and attacked the team as the Policemen arrived for their routine patrol.

The statement reads, “Today, December 21, our Command received the unfortunate report and wicked attack on our patrol team on the Agbaja road, Lokoja the attention of 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.

“The gunmen, however, fled before a re-enforcement team arrived at the scene of the ugly incident.”

Ovye-Aya said that State Commissioner of Police, Akeem Yusuf, has deployed a team of tactical operatives to the area to trail the hoodlums, apprehend and bring them to book.

According to him, the commissioner has further directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Investigation to commence an investigation into the ugly incident.

Ovye-Aya stated further that the commissioner has 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 activity.