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Police officers and a passerby were changeable dormant astatine a checkpoint successful Abugi village, Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State, connected Sunday morning.
The gunmen aboriginal struck astatine a checkpoint on Ilafin Road, Isanlu successful Yagba East Local Government, sidesplitting different 2 constabulary officers.
According to reports from the Abugi community, the gunmen, riding connected a motorcycle, stormed the constabulary checkpoint astir 10:30am and opened occurrence connected the information operatives, sidesplitting them instantly.
Also, a young antheral whose individuality is yet to beryllium established was reportedly caught successful the crossfire.
Eyewitnesses disclosed that the equipped men changeable sporadically to ward disconnected immoderate counterattack earlier seizing the policemen’s rifles and escaping to an chartless location.
A colony resident, Danlami Nasir, said, “The gunmen rode connected motorcycles towards the determination of the constabulary checkpoint successful the colony on Abugi-Gugurugi roadworthy successful the morning. Suddenly, we started proceeding the dependable of gunfire successful that direction.
“Many residents hid successful a safer spot to debar being deed by stray bullets. Unfortunately, erstwhile the gunfire died down, 2 constabulary officers were spotted dormant astatine the country of the incident, portion different antheral successful mufti was recovered dead.”
At Isanlu, the locals disclosed that the incidental happened astir 11am connected Sunday erstwhile the 2 policemen attached to MOPOL 70 came nether fire.
According to a resident, Babagbemi Oyekanmi, the incidental created panic among the residents.
“If the policemen with guns are nary longer safe, past the residents are worse disconnected successful a assemblage infested with bandits. The bandits are aft guns to unleash panic connected us. In the caller onslaught astatine Egbe, the hoodlums near with the rifles of the killed constabulary officers. Same successful the reported aboriginal greeting onslaught astatine Abugi.”
Executive Chairman of Yagba East Local Government Area, Hon. Dr. Joshua Dare, condemned the sidesplitting of the constabulary officers.
“With heavy daze and profound grief, I received the bittersweet quality of the brutal sidesplitting of 2 gallant officers of the Nigeria Police Force, attached to MOPOL 70, who mislaid their lives today, Sunday, 21st September, 2025, successful a deadly ambush by chartless assailants on Ilafin Road, Isanlu.”
“This tragic incidental is not lone an onslaught connected the Nigeria Police Force but besides an battle connected the bid and information of our land. It represents a calculated effort by enemies of advancement to destabilise our nine and instil fearfulness successful our people.
“These 2 officers of MOPOL 70 died successful progressive service; they are martyrs of bid and guardians of justice. We indispensable honour them with words and guarantee their sacrifice is not vain. The enemies of bid indispensable beryllium defeated, and Yagba East indispensable proceed to basal beardown successful unity and resilience,” helium said.
Recall that connected 9th September, 5 information operatives, including 3 policemen and 2 members of Vigilante, were killed successful an ambush astatine a checkpoint and a work station respectively astatine Egbe, a colony successful the neighbouring Yagba West section government.
In a connection past week, the Kogi State authorities accused younker and different individuals of aiding and abetting bandits successful the axis.
While labelling them arsenic terrorists, the authorities vowed to woody with specified people.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the authorities constabulary command, SP William Aya, has yet to respond to our enquiry implicit the caller killings.
He neither answered calls nor responded to substance messages arsenic of the clip of filing this report.
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