Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, Miller Dantawaye, has ordered the deployment of tactical team comprising police mobile force, counter-terrorism unit, anti-kidnapping, intelligence and quick response units to hunt down killers of gunmen that killed three officers and two vigilantes at Egbe.
Police spokesman, SP William Aya, in a statement Wednesday evening, said the tactical team is working synergy with other security agencies to restore normalcy in the area and trail the hoodlums with a view to apprehend and bring them to book.
He said the victims were killed along Okoloke – Pategi road patrol team at pin down point along Okoloke-Pategi road in Egbe, Yagba West local government area of Kogi state.
Aya said the command lost three of its officers during the attack before the reinforced team arrived at the scene.
CP Dantawaye tasked the Deputy Commissioner of Police, investigation department, to commence investigation into the incident.
He called on the good people of the area to assist the police with credible information on the identity of the hoodlums to enable the police trail and apprehend them.
