At about 9PM on Sunday September 22, 2014, unknown gunmen unleashed a heavy attack on Adogo Police Station, in the Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State.
According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, the attack from different directions of Okene, Ajaokuta, and one other route, was apparently targeted at carting away Police arms.
“The Policemen on duty, swiftly took positions and returned fire. The heavy dynamite launched by the attackers, demolished and set fire on part of the station.
“The desire of the hoodlums to cart away arms, was aborted, as the Police successfully evacuated the arms from the station, to safety,” the statement read.
The statement further stated that no human casualty was recorded on the part of the Kogi Police personnel while some of the hoodlums escaped with bullet wounds.
However, the area has been reinforced while frantic efforts are ongoing to track-down the fleeing hoodlums.
The Kogi Police Command has appealed to members of the public, to report anybody seen with bullet wound of any sort to the nearby Police Station or other security agencies.