Gunmen killed six people, including two expatriates and two police inspectors, in an attack on their convoy in Kogi state.
According to Within Nigeria, the attackers also killed two expatriate drivers from West Africa Ceramics Company Ajaokuta in what appeared to be a guerrilla attack.
State police spokesman SP William Ovye-Aya, who released a statement Saturday, said the six victims, two expatriates, two company drivers and two police inspectors, were killed in gunfire with the crooks along the Lokoja-Ajaokuta road 8 p.m. on Friday.
Ovye-Aya said the expatriates were being escorted by police to the Ceramic Company that night when the gunmen attacked them.
He said the area commander and a detachment of the military in the area where the incident took place need to be reinforced before the attackers fled.
PPRO said Commissioner of Police CP Edward Egbuka visited the scene for an on-site assessment.
He said that the KP has similarly ordered the deployment of additional operational assets consisting of personnel from the Mobile Police Force, Counter-Terrorism Unit, Rapid Response Unit and State Intelligence Service in synergy with other security agencies to restore normalcy in the region.
“The KP assures the public that the command is committed to working in synergy with other security agencies as well as patriotic interest groups to make the state a safe place for everyone and everyone.
“He has also asked the Assistant Commissioner of Police for the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to launch an investigation into the unfortunate incident in order to uncover the remote and proximate cause of the attack and hold the perpetrators accountable. ‘ assured Ovye-Aya.
