Gunmen on Wednesday ambushed a police patrol team, killing two and wounding two other officers in Kogi.

In a statement, the command’s spokesperson, William Ovye-Aya, said the attack on the police patrol team occurred on the Agbaja road, Lokoja, where the hoodlums emerged from the bush and attacked the team after they arrived for their routine patrol.

“Unfortunately and sadly, the command lost two of its personnel.

“The gunmen, however, fled before a re-enforcement team arrived at the scene of the ugly incident,” he said.

Mr Ovye-Aya said the state Commissioner of Police, Akeem Yusuf, has deployed a team of tactical operatives to the area to trail the hoodlums to apprehend and bring them to book.

According to him, the CP has further directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Investigation, to commence an investigation into the ugly incident.

Mr Ovye-Aya said the commissioner has appealed to the people of the area to assist the police with credible information on the identity of the hoodlums to enable the command to check their criminal activity. 

(NAN)