Sources said the gunmen ambushed the buses on the Sobe axis of the road and dragged the victims into the bush.
She said that the policeman acted strangely before the shootings.
Mr Ikolo was among the eight persons declared wanted by the military authority.
The spokesperson explained that the police have also considered that every citizen has the constitutional right to peaceful protest.
The spokesman said the Ebonyi police commissioner, Faleye Olaleye, on Sunday, mobilised tactical teams after receiving a distress call that a clergy had been kidnapped.
However, when the officials asked for his driving licence and vehicle particulars, he refused and started a fight.
The women who were carrying placards of various inscriptions, alleged that the APC government was witch-hunting its perceived political enemies.
The state commandant, ASC Agboola Sunday, directed the Anti-Vandals Squad of the corps to embark on routine monitoring of activities of filling stations.
