Policemen in Kogi State Command on Sunday night repelled attack by unknown gunmen on Adogo police station in the State.
The gunmen had unleashed heavy attack on the Police Station from different directions of Okene, Ajaokuta, and one other route, with sole aim of carting away Police arms, Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Emmanuel Ojukwu said on Monday.
Ojukwu however said, the Policemen on duty swiftly took positions and returned fire, adding that the heavy dynamite launched by the attackers, demolished and set fire on part of the Station.
His statement reads further, “The desire of the hoodlums to cart away arms was aborted, as the Police successfully evacuated the arms from the Station, to safety.
“As at the time of this report, no human casualty was recorded on the part of the Police, while some of the hoodlums escaped with bullet wounds.
“However, the area has been reinforced while frantic efforts are ongoing to track-down the fleeing hoodlums,” the Force PRO stated.
Meanwhile, the State Police Command has appealed to members of the public, to report anybody seen with bullet wound, of any sort, to the nearby Police Station or other Security agencies.
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