A yet-to-be-identified police officer has been reportedly killed while another was abducted when gunmen attacked the security operatives at a checkpoint along the Enugu/Abakaliki expressway.
The hoodlums also set ablaze the police vehicle during the incident.
According to sources in the area, the gunmen killed one police officer and abducted another.
However, this could not be independently verified as of the time of filing this report.
The police spokesman in Ebonyi, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the attack and said the gunmen also set the police van on the spot ablaze.
He said, “It happened early on Thursday morning. I have been trying to get the details of what happened, but one officer was killed and a vehicle was burnt.”
He however added that more details will be made available.
