Kogi State Police Command said gunmen killed a police inspector at a police station in the Eika-Ohizenyi area of Okehi Local Government Area of the state.
According to a statement by the state police spokesman, William Aya, the gunmen attacked the station with explosives in the early hours of Friday, damaging a section of the station.
Aya said Edward Egbuka, Kogi Police Commissioner, had visited the scene of the incident, adding that additional operational assets had been deployed to the area.
He said, “Meanwhile, part of the area command office was razed by dynamite used by the attackers.
“Sadly, a police inspector died in the exchange of fire with the hoodlums, before the area commander and a detachment of military in the area reinforced the scene of the incident and the attackers fled.”
Following the incident, Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello directed the deployment of security personnel to the area, according to a statement by Kingsley Fanwo, the state Commissioner of Information.
He said, “The executive governor of Kogi State has directed the office of the state security adviser to mobilize adequate security personnel and equipment to the affected area to ensure watertight security and restore confidence in the citizens as the state government implements an effective action plan to avert reoccurrence, while also working closely with the security chiefs in the state as well as the people in the affected area.
“We wish to appeal to residents of Okehi to cooperate with security agencies as necessary measures will be put in place to curb violent crimes in the area and also flush out the criminal elements bent on denting the security credentials of our dear state which is comparatively the safest in the country today.
“All the broadcast stations of the state have been directed to publicize the curfew for public enlightenment.”