Armed Robbers Kill Two Policemen In Kogi

Posted on March 30, 2017

The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP William Aya, told newsmen in Lokoja that the officers died while warding off the armed robbers that stormed a branch of UBA Plc at Odo Ere in Yagba East Local Government Area of the state.

Aya said that the incident occurred on March 28, saying that the two slain officers were sergeants.

He said the Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilson Inalegwu, had set up a committee headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operation to investigate the incident.

He also said that reinforcement had been sent to the town to enhance security of lives and property, saying that the robbers would soon be arrested.

 

(NAN)

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