22nd September, 2014
Policemen in Kogi state repelled an attack by unknown gunmen on Adogo Police Station on Sunday 21 September around 9:00 p.m. local time.
According to a statement by Emmanuel Ojukwu, Force Public Relations Officer, the gunmen were after police arms and ammunition. “At about 2100hrs of Sunday 21 September 2014, unknown gunmen unleashed heavy attack on Adogo Police Station, in the Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State, from different directions of Okene, Ajaokuta, and one other route, apparently desirous of carting away police arms.”
The statement further read that: “The policemen on duty, swiftly took positions and returned fire. The heavy dynamite launched by the attackers, demolished and set fire on part of the station.
“The desire of the hoodlums to cart away arms, was aborted, as the police successfully evacuated the arms from the station to safety.
As at the time of this report, no human casualty was recorded by the police but some of hoodlums were believed to have escaped with bullet wounds.
“The area has been reinforced while frantic efforts ongoing to track down the fleeing hoodlums,” the statement read.
The state Police Command has appealed to members of the public, to report anyone with bullet wound, of any sort, to the nearby police station or other security agencies.