Gunmen kill two naval men at Kogi checkpoint

Gunmen, on Wednesday , attacked a military checkpoint in the Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State and killed two personnel of the Nigerian Navy .
It was gathered that the naval men were attacked around 7pm while resuming for duty at the checkpoint in Okene .

The gunmen, numbering about seven , got to the checkpoint and were said to have opened fire on the naval personnel on duty .

The source said when they were done , they escaped from the checkpoint and sped off to avoid been apprehended .

The Chairman of the local government council , Abdulmumin Muhammad , confirmed the incident in a statement .

The statement , which was issued by the office of the Special Adviser to the Chairman , said the naval personnel were five in number and were just resuming for duty when they were attacked .

“ Two officers have been confirmed dead and two were injured and currently receiving treatment in hospital . One officer escaped unhurt , ” the statement said .

When contacted , the Public Relation Officer of the Navy , Aidi Simi , said , “ My command will get to you shortly ; we are trying to take charge of the situation . ”

He had yet to get back to our correspondent as of the time of filing this report .