The Police Command in Kogi State said on Thursday that two of its officers were killed during an invasion of a commercial bank by suspected armed robbers.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, William Aya, told newsmen in Lokoja that the officers died while warding off the armed robbers that stormed the bank at Odo Ere in Yagba East Local Government Area of the state.
Aya said the incident occurred on March 28, adding that the two slain officers were Sergeants.
He said the Commissioner of Police, Wilson Inalegwu, had set up a committee headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of operation to investigate the incident.
He also said that reinforcement had been sent to the town to enhance security of lives and property, saying that the robbers would soon be arrested.
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