Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have launched an attack on a team of five policemen at a check point in Kabba, headquarters of Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area, LGA of Kogi State, shooting two policemen dead.
The three other policemen at th check-point sustained various degrees of injuries.
The incident, according to reports, happened on Monday at Origa checkpoint along Iyara to Kabba road, at about 5.00pm.
The wounded Policemen were taken to an undisclosed hospital for medical attention.
Sources say the gunmen from the Ekiti axis, were passing by in a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) when the police who were at the checkpoint flagged them down for a routine check. Rather than obey, the gunmen suddenly opened fire on two of them and sped off.
The source added that three other policemen who managed to escape sustained various injuries as the fleeing robbers shot sporadically to pave their way for escape.
It was also learned that the affected policemen were from the newly created Kabba police B divisional headquarters.
The remains of the two policemen were said to have been deposited at the morgue of the General Hospital in Kabba, while the injured are said to be undergoing treatment at a private hospital.
