Two
policemen were reportedly killed on Monday around 7pm at a construction site along
the Obajana-Oshokoshoko road, Lokoja local government area by unknown hoodlums
who also abducted one of the expatriate identified as Jose Mechada, a
Portuguese.
The
two police were his security guard, according to the information gathered, the
gunmen aim to abduct the expatriate the police men engage them.
The
police sergeant, Gini John was reportedly shot dead on the spot, while
Inspector Ezekiel Negedu died at the hospital.
The Kogi
Police State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Williams Ayah said that
the hoodlums numbered about 15.
He
said that they invaded the construction site and engaged the men on guard, and
that two of them died in the process while the expatriate was kidnapped.
He said
the State Commissioner of Police immediately directed the Deputy Commissioner
of Police (DCP) in charge of operations to mobilise operatives from the Special
Anti-Robbery Squads (SARS), the Police Mobile Force (PMF) and the Counter
Terrorism Unit, to comb the areas for the possible rescue operation.
Ayah, an Assistant
Superintendent of Police (ASP), said the CP visited the scene of the incident
and met with the management of the company (Dangote Company), and assured of
the efforts by the police to rescue the expatriate.
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