A police officer was, Monday, killed when gunmen attacked a police checkpoint in Abakiliki, Ebonyi state, Nigeria’s south-east.
The incident happened at about 8 p.m.
Sources said the gunmen stormed the checkpoint on a motorcycle and opened fire on the police operatives.
A resident of the area, Chika Mba, said two persons were killed during the shoot-out.
“Two people died in the shoot-out. But I don’t know their identities yet,” she said.
Other sources claimed that two members of the Ebubeagu Security Network were killed in the attack.
When contacted Tuesday, the police spokesperson in the state, Chris Anyanwu, confirmed the incident.
“One policeman killed by unknown gunmen. One of the hoodlums also neutralized,” Mr Anyawu, a superintendent of police, said in a text message in response to enquiries about the incident.
Like other states in Nigeria’s south-east, security has deteriorated in Ebonyi state.
The latest incident occurs about one week after suspected arsonists set ablaze a local office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Iboko, a community in Izzi local government area of the state.
(Premium Times)
