Suspected hoodlums attack policemen in Edo, kill one officer

“A serious manhunt is presently ongoing to arrest the hoodlums whose numbers can not be ascertained.”

DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, Police Public Relations Officer in Edo, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Benin on Saturday.According to him, ”on Friday night at Auchi, the officer, one Insp. Felix Egbon and some colleagues were enforcing the COVID-19 curfew imposed by the federal government.

“While on it, some mob attacked them, during the attack, unknown hoodlums emerged and shot at the deceased officer.“A serious manhunt is presently ongoing to arrest the hoodlums whose numbers can not be ascertained,” he said.

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