Crime
Two officers killed as gunmen invade Kogi Police Station
Some gunmen on Tuesday invaded the police station at Gegu village on Lokoja–Abuja road, killing two of the policemen on duty.
William Aya, spokesman of the Kogi state police command, confirmed this late Tuesday evening. “It is true that there was an attack today. We lost two officers,” he said.
He said the gunmen also injured one of the suspects in the cell.
Aya said the corpses of the slain policemen had been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, where the injured suspect is also receiving treatment, adding that investigation had commenced into the incident.
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