Three NDLEA Officers Killed in Kogi

Unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers last Friday night ambushed six officers of the National Drug and Law Enforcement Agent (NDLEA) on duty, killing three on the spot in Okene,  Kogi State.

The three victims are Onwumere Nicholas, Peter Ebun and Abdulrahman Musa.

 According to an eyewitness, Mr. Joel Abraham, who disclosed this to journalists yesterday,  the attack occurred around 8:30p.m. when six officers of the agency were on duty at one of their posts around the main gate of the Federal College of Education (FCE) Okene.

He further narrated that the incident also left three other officers unhurt.

Abraham noted that the hoodlums ran away with two guns belong to the officers killed.

Confirming the incident to journalists yesterday,  the Kogi State Commandant of NDLEA, Alhaji Idris Bello, said three of his men were killed while on patrol, adding that the agency and other sister organisations in the state had put all necessary plans in motion to arrest the perpetrators of the heinous act.