The Edo state police command has announced that two security guards were killed by suspected hoodlums during a robbery operation in the early hours of Monday.
Moses Nkombe , police spokesperson in the state, who confirmed the incident, said the security guards were apparently killed by the suspected armed robbers.
According to witnesses, the lifeless bodies of the guards were found by workers at a petrol station.
They said the two guards were stabbed to death close to a petrol station on Benin-Auchi expressway during the robbery operation.
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Nkombe said the police have commenced investigation into the killings, vowing that the perpetrators would be captured and brought to book.
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