Gunmen ambush Police checkpoint in Kogi, kill three officers

Unidentified gunmen have killed no fewer than three policemen at a checkpoint in Egbe, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State.

The State Police Command confirmed the incident, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday at the border between Kogi and Kwara states.

The Command’s spokesman, SP William Ovye Aya, said the Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, has deployed a tactical team to the area and assured that efforts are ongoing to track down the attackers.

“I can confirm that three officers on duty were killed today in Egbe, a border community with Kwara State.

“The Commissioner of Police has deployed a tactical squad, and we are on the trail of the perpetrators,” Aya stated.

The attackers reportedly made away with the rifles of the slain officers.

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