Gunmen kill 2 policemen, injure 3 others
(Nigeria) The Edo State Police Command said on Wednesday
that unknown gunmen had killed two policemen and injured three others on
Ikiran-Oke road in Akoko/Edo Local Government Area of the state.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Foluso Adebanjo,
confirmed in Benin.
Adebanjo said that the incident occurred when the gunmen
opened fire at the 18-seater police bus with registration number NPF 3148 C,
conveying the occupants to Lagos from Abuja
He said that the attack on the policemen took place near
Ibilo at 11:30 a.m.
Adebanjo said that an Inspector and two other policemen, who
survived the attack, were receiving medical treatment in an undisclosed
hospital.
He said that the attackers, who were dressed in military
uniform, flagged the police bus and opened fire.
The police commissioner said that the remains of the
deceased policemen had been deposited at the mortuary of Anyakur Specialist
Hospital in Akoko-Edo.
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