Gunmen invade Agudama police station, kill 4, cart away riffles

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Suspected gunmen on Monday morning stormed Agudama- Ekpetiama Community police station in Yenagoa Local Government, firing and killing four police personnel.

The yet-to-identified officers that were killed include a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), a pregnant policewoman and two policemen who were on duties.

According to a community source who spoke on condition of anonymity, said no civilian was killed in the attack as there were no detainees in the station at the time the gunmen carried out their operation.

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Our source disclosed that the attack was carried out about 2:15 am on Monday and lasted for about an hour.

“At dawn, we heard one policeman escaped, while another who was shot on the leg survived the attack.” He said.

The community source further disclosed that all the rifles in the arsenal of the police station and uniforms belonging to the deceased officers were taken away by the gunmen.

Agudama is a community under Gbarain/Ekpetiama Kingdom, about 9 kilometres away from Yenagoa, the Capital of Bayelsa State.

As the time this report was filed, the corpses of those killed have been taken to the Federal Medical Center, Yenagoa by men of the Nigeria Police Force.

When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Police Force, Bayelsa State Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the incident saying he is waiting for the approval of the Commissioner of Police before issuing an official statement.