According to report, the gunmen numbering about 6 ambushed the a police check point at about 9 p.m. through a nearby bush behind a government secondary school and started shooting at the police officers who were conducting a stop and search a few meters away from a mobile police barracks along Akwanga-Lafia. The deceased’s wife Janet Simon, was told of the death of her husband on Saturday morning while she was in the market where she fries and sells local cake, masa.
The incident was confirmed by the state commissioner of police, Idris Mohammed, through a text message.
“It is true,” Mr. Mohammed said without more details of the incident.
The police spokesperson in Nasarawa, Ismaila Numan, also confirmed the attack.
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