From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
Three Police Officers were killed on Saturday during a gun duel with the hoodlums who attacked Adavi Police Station in Kogi state.
A Statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Aya, said that Kogi Police Command has received the report of the unfortunate incident at Adavi Police Division where some hoodlums attacked the station from the opposite direction shooting sporadically, but were repelled by the men on duty and operatives of the Quick Response Unit who were on special operations at the Local Government Area.
According to the statement, the Command lost three of it’s officers during the gun duel, while the hoodlums fled with gun shot wounds as they could not get access to the station.
The Commissioner of Police, Kogi Command, CP Edward Egbuka, psc (+), immediately deployed team of tactical operatives to the area and restored normalcy while trailing the hoodlums with a view to apprehend and bring them to book
He therefore, called on the people of Adavi and the adjoining communities to be on the lookout and report any body seen with bullet wounds to the Police or any other Security Forces nearest to them.
He directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police, to commence investigation into the incident.