Hoodlums have reportedly killed 2 policemen along Agbaja road in Lokoja, Kogi State.
The hoodlums launched an attack on the patrol team when they reached the area for their routine patrol on Wednesday.
Report has it that 2 police officers were killed, while the hoodlums escaped into the bush with bullet’s wounds.
The incident was confirmed by the spokesperson of the Kogi State Police Command, SP William Aya, in a statement released on Wednesday.
He narrated that the hoodlums appeared from the bush and launched an attack on the patrol team.
Aya said, “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.”
The spokesperson also said that the police Command has ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Investigation to begin investigation on the scenario to uncover the perpetrators and ensure justice.
The commissioner of police has “called 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”.
