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Kogi Attack: Two killed, Police Injured

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Kogi State withness a fresh attack, as two were killed and police injured.
News Rain reports that two brothers have been reportedly killed by a gunshot from some unidentified gunmen believed to be suspected armed robbers.
The suspected armed robbers were also said to have shot a police officer at leg while on a roadblock at Okene-Lokoja Highway.
The robbers have said to have launched the attack on Saturday around 6 pm in-between Itakpe and the Kabba Junction end of the Okene-Lokoja-Abuja highway.
The incident was reported to have led many motorists out of the expressway, abandoning their vehicles in the middle of the road, while looking for safety.
News Rain gathered that the two victims who were brothers and Ebira by tribe, who were at home on a visit and were returning back to their station in Katsina state when the incident happened.

Kogi Witness Fresh Attack, Two Killed, Police Injured

According to an eye witness, who pleaded anonymously said she boarded from Lagos, where she had been since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic adding that they encountered heavy vehicular traffic between Berger, in Lagos and Ibadan in Oyo State.
According to her: “We boarded our vehicle from Lagos around 7 am, but experienced heavy ‘go-slow,’ and not until till after Ibadan, were we totally free from it.
“We got to Osara after 6 pm. Our driver was following closely behind the vehicle that was attacked. Somewhere, the driver had to stop for a passenger who was pressed, to urinate, after which we saw oncoming motors flagging us to stop; that there was a robbery operation ahead.
” Some People ran helter-skelter, but the residents will not allow us to take refuge in their houses. They said that if they did, the robbers will fish them out one by one.
“When we got to the point of the attack, we heard that two brothers were shot and killed, while a policeman at the nearby checkpoint was shot in the leg. We heard that their remains were later evacuated and deposited at the State Specialist Hospital in Lokoja.” She stated.
However, the State Police Public Relations Officer, William Aya as at the time of filing this report has not confirmed the incident but promised to get back in his response.
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