Gunmen Kill Police Officer, Injure Expatriate In Edo

Edo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of an inspector when some gunmen attacked quarry workers in the Ihivbe-Ogben area of Edo.

Thecommand’s Public Relations Officer of the Police, SP Moses Yamu, confirmed the killing to newsmen on Sunday.

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According to the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the officer was attached to the quarry situated in Owan East Local Government of the state.

Sources told NAN that the gunmen on Thursday ambushed the quarry workers while going to their base camp in the evening and opened fire on them.

According to Yamu, one officer was killed while an expatriate and another police officer attached to the expatriate were injured.

“The injured expatriate and the police officer are receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital,” a sources said.

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Yamu, however, said that investigation into the incident was ongoing.

“The police in collaboration with the military are on the trail of the suspects,” the police spokesperson said.

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