The police became aware of the incident after Alhaji R. K. Bala reported that the two brothers: Aliyu Usman and Suleiman Abubakar, were shot dead when the gunmen stormed his residence.
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A source told Daily Sun the gunmen stormed the palace of the prominent monarch in the early hours of the day.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened late Sunday evening behind NNPC mega station in Lokoja, the state capital.
The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmation this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday.
The spokesperson of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development.
A source told the News Agency of Nigeria in Awka that the incident took place around Zenith Bank axis of Umunze.
DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command confirmed the development to newsmen on Wednesday in Jos.
It was learnt that the soldiers on Wednesday thwarted the attempt to abduct Ododoa, a ranking member of the Movement for the Survival of Izon Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta, by gunmen suspected to be loyal to a known militant leader at Ikebiri.
Part of the Division and vehicles, including the one belonging to the Divisional Police Officer, were burnt by the attackers
Also killed in what looks like guerrilla attack were two drivers of the expatriates of West Africa Ceramics Company Ajaokuta, Kogi
The incident was said to have occurred Tuesday around 2:30 pm between Barde and Jagindi area in Kaduna State while on their way to Abuja from Bauchi.
Although the reports are still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, it was learnt that the AIG was on his way to Abuja from Bauchi when the suspected terrorists ambushed and attacked him.
Bagos spoke in Jos on Monday when he attended the mass burial of his constituents killed in Sunday night attack.
The killing is coming less than 24 hours after 18 other persons lost their lives during a clash between bandits and members of vigilante group in the Wase Council Area of the state.
DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday in Jos.
The Officer, overseeing Marine Police, Ologbo, Edo State, and his orderly were robbed July 13, 2022 at about 8:10pm.
Okorafor was kidnapped close to his residence in Umuadara Umulogho autonomous community in Imo.
The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Saturday, caused serious panic in the community.
INEC Chairman, Information, Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who confirmed the development in a statement, said one of the commission’s staff was injured and is currently hospitalised.
According to online news platform, PREMIUM TIMES—Gunmen, believed to be bandits, killed at least 43 people including 30 soldiers and seven mobile police personnel in an attack on a mining site in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, local sources have said.