Gunmen have reportedly killed three police officers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s South-east.
The officers were gunned down on Monday night, February 14, 2022, in front of a police station along the Enugu-Abakaliki highway, a source told Premium Times.
The officers were said to be manning a roadblock in front of the station when the gunmen opened fire on them
The source said the gunmen were in a bus, and that the officers may have mistaken it for a commercial vehicle.
“The remains of the three police (officers) have been deposited at a mortuary in Abakaliki after they were confirmed dead by doctors,” he said.
The police spokesperson in Ebonyi State, Loveth Odah confirmed the incident.
She, however, said she could not give details of the casualty until after a visit to the scene of the incident.
The Ebonyi incident may indicate a return of the deadly attacks on the police and other security agencies in the South-east as several police officers were shot dead in Enugu State in two separate attacks at checkpoints last week by gunmen.
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