{"id":1788,"date":"2025-09-10T14:30:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=1788"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:30:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T14:30:37","slug":"gunmen-ambush-police-checkpoint-in-kogi-kill-three-officers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/gunmen-ambush-police-checkpoint-in-kogi-kill-three-officers\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen ambush Police checkpoint in Kogi, kill three officers"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unidentified gunmen have killed no fewer than three policemen at a checkpoint in Egbe, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State.<br \/><br \/>The State Police Command confirmed the incident, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday at the border between Kogi and Kwara states.<br \/><br \/>The Command\u2019s 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.<br \/><br \/>\u201cI can confirm that three officers on duty were killed today in Egbe, a border community with Kwara State.<br \/><br \/>\u201cThe Commissioner of Police has deployed a tactical squad, and we are on the trail of the perpetrators,\u201d Aya stated.<br \/><br \/>The attackers reportedly made away with the rifles of the slain officers.<br \/><br \/><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s spokesman, SP William Ovye Aya, said the Commissioner [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen ambush Police checkpoint in Kogi, kill three officers - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gunmen ambush Police checkpoint in Kogi, kill three officers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/gunmen-ambush-police-checkpoint-in-kogi-kill-three-officers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen ambush Police checkpoint in Kogi, kill three officers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gunmen ambush Police checkpoint in Kogi, kill three officers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2025\/09\/10\/gunmen-ambush-police-checkpoint-in-kogi-kill-three-officers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-10T14:30:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Nigerian-gunmen-640x426-1.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"426\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/10\\\/gunmen-ambush-police-checkpoint-in-kogi-kill-three-officers\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/10\\\/gunmen-ambush-police-checkpoint-in-kogi-kill-three-officers\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/08259f65d79758cb90f382e9959067c1\"},\"headline\":\"Gunmen ambush Police checkpoint in Kogi, kill three officers\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-10T14:30:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/10\\\/gunmen-ambush-police-checkpoint-in-kogi-kill-three-officers\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":139,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/10\\\/gunmen-ambush-police-checkpoint-in-kogi-kill-three-officers\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Nigerian-gunmen-640x426-1.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/10\\\/gunmen-ambush-police-checkpoint-in-kogi-kill-three-officers\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/10\\\/gunmen-ambush-police-checkpoint-in-kogi-kill-three-officers\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/10\\\/gunmen-ambush-police-checkpoint-in-kogi-kill-three-officers\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gunmen ambush Police checkpoint in Kogi, kill three officers - 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