Armed Men Attack Police Van In Asaba, Kill One
Delta State capital, Asaba ran into disarray on Monday morning when a group of armed men attacked a police van and killed one policeman.
It was gathered that the armed men engaged the officers in a gun fight at 8:26am at the Cable Point area of the city.
The incident disrupted banking and other business activities in the vicinity for several hours before normalcy was restored.
The armed men ambushed five policemen who were in the vehicle, one of the four survivors of the attack was said to be in a life-threatening condition at an unnamed hospital in the city as the hoodlums also took away two AK 47 rifle belonging to the policemen.
The State Police Commissioner, Mr. Muhammad Mustafa, confirmed the attack when contacted on the telephone. He said that some arrest had been made in line with the incident and that investigation had started into incident.
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