Three policemen are feared dead following a clash with suspected political thugs on Thursday in Benin City.
It was gathered that
the clash occurred in the afternoon, shortly after Edo State APC governorship
candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo and the reinstated Deputy Governor, Phillip
Shaibu, left Benin Airport on arrival from Abuja.
While some sources said three policemen sustained gunshot
injuries, others said three policemen lost their lives during the clash.
When contacted for confirmation, the Public Relations
Officer of the Edo State Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, who said they also
heard it as a rumour, said it would be premature for the Command to make any
statement on it without investigation.
It was learnt that no sooner had the Okpebholo and Shaibu
left the airport than unknown gunmen, in a Sienna vehicle parked at the exit
gate of the airport, shot at their convoy.
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