A cop and an assailant were killed on Monday when hoodlums attacked police officers at their duty post in Abakaliki, said the police command in Ebonyi.
The incident occurred at about 9:00 p.m. at the Presco axis of Abakaliki.
The command’s spokesman Chris Anyanwu confirmed the killing on Tuesday.
“Yes, I am aware of the attack on our men. One mobile police officer was killed and one member of the gunmen too,” he said.
A resident in the area, Chike Odoh, told reporters that the police engaged the armed hoodlums in a shootout resulting in the death of one police officer and a gunman at the scene.
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