BENIN CITY – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed two policemen attached to the Chief Medical Director of the Irrua Specialist Hospital, Prof. Sylvanus Okogbenin.
The gunmen on killing the cops, snatched their AK 47 rifles and abducted the CMD.
The two policemen were identified as Sergeants Odion Jonathan Ajibola and Etinosa Erhuegbea, both of Irrua Police Divisional Headquarters.
It was further gathered that two other persons in the convoy whose identities were yet to be ascertained sustained bullets wounds.
The armed men who operated in two tinted vehicles waylaid the CMD’s convoy at the busy Ramat Park in the state capital about 10:00am, yesterday.
It was scooped that the deadly operation sent passersby and traders in the area scampering to safety.
The CMD’S driver Mr. Edewele Thadeus said the vehicles started trailing them from a bad spot at Ehor Town, as they did not know they had criminal motives.
He said the CMD was on his way to catch Abuja bound flight where he was expected to attend a conference.
The Public Relations Officer for Edo State Police Command DSP Chidi Nwabuzor said though information on the incident was still sketchy, the command had begun investigation.
