By Emma Ella
Two expatriates working on the Obajana-Oshokoshoko road
construction in Kogi State have been kidnapped by some suspected kidnappers as
two police officers attached to them were also killed.
It was on Tuesday reliably gathered from an eye witness account who narrowly escaped from
the scene of the action that the incident occurred last Monday, saying the
gunmen were suspected to be kidnappers.
According to
the source, the incident happened at about 7p.m. last Monday, adding that the
gunmen numbering about 15, fully armed with AK47, emerged from the bush.
He stated
that while the foreign national identified as Jose Machada was inspecting an
ongoing road construction, the Obajana-Kabba project being handled by AG
Dangote Company Limited, the gunmen open fire which led to gun battled between
the police and the suspected kidnappers.
The gunmen were said to have engaged the policemen
on guard at the construction site in a gun duel, killing one of them identified
as Sgt Gini John on the spot while the second policeman, Inspector Ezekiel
Negedu, who was also shot, died later at the hospital.
It was further gathered that the gunmen kidnapped the expatriate engineer and fled
into the bush with him.
However, the state Police Public Relation Officer, Mr.
William Aya, who confirmed the incident, said unknown gunmen numbering about 15
engaged his men on duty at a construction site on the Obajana-Oshokoshoko road
in a gun battle.
He added
that two of them died in the process while one of the expatriate was kidnapped
in the process.
The state police spokesman said the Commissioner of
Police immediately directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge
of operations and other operatives to move to the bushes for possible rescue of
the abducted expatriate.
Aya said the state
police commissioner has personally visited the scene of the incident, assuring all
involved that all efforts were being made to rescue the kidnapped expatriate.
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