Ebonyi state police command has confirmed an attack on its men at a checkpoint, by some gunmen leading to the death of three personnel.
The incident took place Saturday, at the boundary between Ebonyi and Enugu states.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Chris Anyanwu, says the hoodlums who operated in two Sienna vehicles, drove into the Check-point and opened fire on the policemen.
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“Yesterday’s attack by unknown gunmen at Ebonyi/Enugu boundary took place at about 1808hrs. Three Police personnel of Operation Safer Highway were fatally injured. Later confirmed dead”, Anyanwu says.
A reliable source also confirmed to AIT that the rampaging gunmen had first attacked the military checkpoint at Idodo, Enugu State where they killed two soldiers in a shoot-out that followed, before proceeding to the border checkpoint.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
