No fewer than ten unidentified gunmen, today, February 8, invaded a police station at Eika community in Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing two policemen and a detainee.
The hoodlums were said to have later set the station ablaze and proceeded to the house of Sadiq Obomi, the Chairman of Eika Community Development Association, and killed him.
Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Abdulahi Chafe, confirmed the incident.
A resident of Eika community, who is also a member of a local vigilante group, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the gunmen came in two vehicles and started shooting into the air as they made their way to the police station.
He said that the gunmen later escaped after the operation which he said lasted almost two hours.
Security men have already been deployed to the community to maintain the peace. [myad]
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