An overnight attack by gunmen on a police post in
central Benue State has left at least four police
officers dead.
Witnesses said the yet-to-be-
identified gunmen stormed the police divisional
headquarters in Igumale, the headquarters of Ado
Local Government Area, shortly after midnight on
October 2, killing all the four officers on duty.
The attackers also carted away the guns and
ammunition of the officers.
Ajibo Ochulayi, a community leader in the agrarian
town, said that while two officers
died on the spot, two others later passed on in a
medical centre in Makurdi, the state capital.
“It is sad that the gunmen were able to overpower
the policemen and killed all the four of them with
little resistance,” Mr. Ochulayi said.
He said the state’s police commissioner, Bashir
Makama, visited the scene on Sunday afternoon
with a few mobile police officers to assess the
aftermath.
Police have only launched a manhunt for the
assailants, and no one has been identified on the
motive of the attack.
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