More details on the attack and killing of policemen along the Enugu/Abakaliki expressway have hit our newsroom.
A reliable police source confirmed to EverydayNewsngr.net that the rampaging gunmen first attacked the military checkpoint at Idodo, Enugu State before proceeding to the border checkpoint where they killed three policemen.
This brings to five the number of casualties left behind by the gunmen who stormed the security checkpoints along the Enugu/Abakaliki highway late Saturday evening.
The police also confirmed that the hoodlums operated with two Sienna buses.
They reportedly opened fire at the Idodo military checkpoint killing two soldiers in the shootout that followed.
Done with the soldiers at Idodo, the gunmen proceeded towards Ebonyi and again opened fire on the policemen on duty at the border checkpoint between Enugu and Ebonyi.
Three policemen were killed at the spot while another policeman who was shot on the leg is said to be receiving treatment at a hospital in the Ebonyi State Capital.
The police in Ebonyi have also confirmed the report.
