Two police officers and one detained suspect have
been shot dead by yet-to-be identified gunmen who invaded Gegu Police Station
on Lokoja-Abuja Road on Tuesday.
Our correspondent reliably gathered that
the bandits, numbering five, were armed with AK- 47 rifles and invaded the
police station around 2.15am on Tuesday on motorcycles.
According to a source, immediately they arrived
in the station, they opened fire to scare people away and moved into the
station, where they shot the two policemen on duty.
A suspect in a police cell was also killed by the
men.
It was further gathered that the gunmen made away
with the police AK-47 rifles and ransacked the station for more guns and
ammunition.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the Kogi
State Police Commander, Mr. William Ayah, confirmed the attack, adding that
while the two policemen died, the suspect was injured.
He said, “The command has commenced investigation
into the attack.”
Meanwhile, the corpses of the two policemen have
been deposited in the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, by
the Federal Road Safety Commission, while the injured suspect is receiving
treatment in the hospital.LR News
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