Gunmen have reportedly killed a Police Inspector, an expatriate and three other workers of a quarry company in Edo State.
The quarry firm is located at Ihievbe-Ogben in the Owan East Local Government Area of the State
gathered that a Police Sergeant was also shot in the leg during the attack while a female staff of the company has still been missing since after the incident. The Police Inspector, whose identity is yet to be ascertained and the Sergeant were orderlies to the company's expatriate before the incident. When contacted the Edo State Police Command who confirmed the attack said only three persons were killed.
recalls that the Ihievbe-Ogben community, a boundary between Owan East and Akoko-Edo local government, is notorious for kidnapping. Some Police Officers have reportedly been killed at a police post and checkpoint located at the community while some persons have also been kidnapped.
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