Three policemen of the Enugu State command have been shot dead by unknown gunmen at Agbani, headquarters of Nkanu West Local Government of the state.
The incident, SIXT-MEDIA LANE CONSULT learnt, occurred on Saturday morning at a roundabout near the Agbani Divisional Police station.
The police officers were on stop-and-search duty when the assailants sighted them and immediately opened fire, bringing down the three security operatives.
The attack occurred less than 24 hours after a former Commissioner in the state and Oji-River Local government’s chairman, Chief Gabriel Onuzulike and his elder brother were killed at their Nkpokolo-Achi hometown by gunmen.