Tragedy struck in Yagba West Native Council, Kogi State, on Wednesday morning as armed bandits attacked a police checkpoint, killing three officers.
The incident was reported to have occurred on the Ofili police checkpoint alongside the Egbe-Okunran-Pategi Highway.
This brazen assault raises contemporary issues over the rising insecurity in Okunland and requires pressing authorities and group motion.
Chairman of Yagba West Council, Tosin Olokun, who confirmed the incident, prolonged his condolences to the Nigeria Police Power, the households, and colleagues of the three “gallant officers who misplaced their lives in an ambush earlier at the moment alongside the Egbe–Okunran highway”.
In a launch signed by his press secretary, Adeyemi Babarinde Sunday, Olokun described the fallen officers as brave males who paid the supreme worth within the line of responsibility, working tirelessly to guard lives, keep peace, and guarantee safety throughout Yagba West and the state at massive.
The council boss assured the Police Command and the bereaved households that the federal government and other people of Yagba West share of their grief, and that the sacrifices of the departed heroes won’t ever be forgotten.
“In a agency measure to safeguard the native authorities in opposition to additional threats, Hon Olokun has directed all herders who lately migrated into Yagba West to vacate the territory inside 24 hours. He additional reiterated the council’s dedication to working with safety businesses to make sure that the perpetrators of this heinous crime are dropped at justice”, the assertion famous.
An eyewitness informed The Guardian that the officers who have been arriving at their responsibility submit had barely alighted from the Hilux van conveying them after they have been ambushed by the bandits who fired a number of gunshots at their automobile.
“They got here for his or her weapons, clearly, which they carted away. Two cops died through the gun battle, whereas the third officer gave up the ghost half-hour in the past on the E-unit of ECWA Hospital, Egbe. The three our bodies have been deposited within the hospital’s morgue,” he mentioned.
