In Kogi, gunmen kill four police officers and take their rifles.

 

Gunmen have k!lled four policemen in separate attacks on police patrol teams in Kogi State.

The first incident occurred at about 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, September 21, 2025 when about 20 armed men attacked personnel of 70 PMF Kabba attached to Isanlu Area Command at their pin-down patrol point along Ilafin-Odogbe Road, Yagba East LGA. 

According to security analyst, Zagazola Makama, ASP Umar Suleman and CPL Bitrus Isaac were shot d3ad in the attack, while the assailants carted away their two AK-47 rifles with 28 rounds of ammunition. 

The corpses were evacuated to the General Hospital Mortuary, while joint security teams have intensified surveillance, bush combing and intelligence gathering to track down the attackers. 

In a separate incident, hoodlums attacked 37 PMF personnel at Abugi outpost in Lokoja on the same day at about 11:30 a.m., k!lling Insp. Johnson David and Insp. Ehinola Oluwole on the spot. 

The assailants also carted away their service rifles a T06 rifle and an AK-47 with 30 rounds each while a passerby, identified as Isah Gilad, was k!lled during the attack. 

The corpses were deposited at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Lokoja, for autopsy, while all police formations in the state had been placed on red alert and deployed at strategic positions to counter further attacks.