Policeman shot dead while enforcing curfew

Suspected hoodlums on Friday attacked policemen attached to Auchi division of the Edo state police command, killing an officer enforcing the curfew imposed by the federal government.

Chidi Nwabuzor, police public relations officer (PPRO) in Edo, confirmed the incident to NAN in Benin, the state capital, on Saturday.

Nwabuzor said a “serious manhunt” had been launched to arrest the attackers.

He said the late officer whom he identified as Felix Egbon, an inspector, and some of his colleagues were enforcing the curfew imposed by the federal government to check the spread of COVID-19 when they were attacked.

“While on it, some mob attacked them, during the attack, unknown hoodlums emerged and shot at the deceased officer,” he said.

“The officer was immediately rushed to the Central Hospital in Auchi, where he was pronounced dead. A serious manhunt is presently ongoing to arrest the hoodlums whose numbers can not be ascertained.”