Yet to be identified gunmen have killed three policemen at Agbani, headquarters of Nkanu West Local Government of Enugu State.
According to residents of the area, the officers were on stop-and-search duty when the assailants sighted them and immediately opened fire, bringing down the three security operatives near the Agbani Divisional Police station.
The attack comes 24 hours after a former Commissioner in the state and Oji-River Local government’s chairman, Chief Gabriel Onuzulike and his elder brother were killed at their Nkpokolo-Achi hometown by gunmen.