Bloodbath in Kogi as Police DPO, 8 Other Officers and 1 Civilian Are Killed by Armed Robbers
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Crime News
Nine persons, including eight policemen and one civilian, were feared killed
on Thursday in Isanlu,
Kogi State
when a gang of armed robbers launched an attack on a branch of a
first-generation bank in the town.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that among those killed were the
Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the town, five other policemen and two
policewomen.
Sources indicated that while the DPO, the two policewomen and four policemen
were killed at the police station, one policeman was killed at the bank’s
premises.
The armed robbers were said to have invaded the police station at about 1.00
p.m. and opened fire on all officers and men on duty.
The source said the police station was completely destroyed by the armed
robbers who also set free all detainees in the detention facility.
The robbers later proceeded to the bank branch in the area where they killed
one of the policemen on duty and carted away money.
An eyewitness, Segun Thomas, told NAN that the robbery operation lasted
almost one hour.
“The robbers came in two vehicles – a bus and a car – with which they also
escaped from the town.
The car, believed to have been snatched from its owner, was later abandoned
around Kizito College, Isanlu.
William Aya, the spokesman of the Police Command in
Kogi,
confirmed the robbery incident and the invasion of the police station, but
added that the casualty figure was “still hazy”.
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