Two policemen killed as gunmen ambush patrol team in Kogi

A patrol team was ambushed by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday, December 21, along Agbaja road in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State.

Two police officers were killed in the attack that occurred shortly after the police team arrived at the area for their routine patrol. 

Kogi State Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya who confirmed the killing said the Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Police Command, CP Akeem A. Yusuf has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Investigation to commence investigation into the ugly incident with a view to uncovering the culprits and bringing them to justice.

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.”