Gunmen killed two police officers and burnt patrol vehicles during a brazen attack on a checkpoint in Agbogugu, a town along the Enugu-Ozalla-Port Harcourt Old Road in Awgu Local Government Area, Enugu State. The assault occurred on Thursday evening, with witnesses describing how the assailants, suspected to be armed robbers, overwhelmed the officers, disarmed them, and burnt a police patrol van and a Sienna vehicle stationed at the checkpoint. Eyewitnesses said the attackers faced minimal resistance and fled the scene unchallenged.
The victims were identified as the Divisional Crime Officer (DCO) and another officer locally known as “Big.” Sources revealed that the gunmen carted away the slain officers’ firearms before setting the vehicles ablaze. Police operatives from Enugu later arrived to remove the charred remains of the vehicles.
