A police patrol team along the Agbaja road in Lokoja Local Government Area of Kogi State was on Wednesday morning attacked by hoodlums leading to the death of two policemen.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, William Aya, in a statement, said the hoodlums emerged from the bush and attacked the team when they arrived for their routine patrol along the road.
He stated that as a result of the attack, the Command lost two of its personnel during a gun duel with the hoodlums, noting that the attackers fled before the re-enforcement team arrived the area.
The statement also noted that the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Akeem Yusuf has deployed a team of tactical operatives to the area to trail and arrest the hoodlums.
According to the statement, Yusuf also called on the people of the area to assist the police with credible information on the identity of the hoodlums to enable the Command arrest them.
