Story from Rabi’atu, Lokoja

Two police officers on duty have been killed by gunmen suspected to be armed robbers at a checkpoint in Kabba Local Government Area of Kogi State.

The policemen were gunned down at Origa along Kabba-Iyara road at about 5 pm in the evening on Monday.

Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone Eight, Mr Ede Ayuba, who confirmed the report, said detectives have been deployed to unravel the incident.

According to the report, the robbers were travelling in a Sports Utility Vehicle when the police personnel on duty flagged them down for a routine check before the robbers suddenly opened fire on two of them and sped off.

Three other policemen who narrowly escaped sustained various degrees of injury as the fleeing robbers shot sporadically to pave way for their escape.

The dare-devil robbers were said to be coming from the Ekiti axis and were probably heading towards Abuja en route Kabba.

The affected policemen were from the newly created Kabba Police B Divisional Headquarters.