Suspected armed robbers on Tuesday attacked the convoy of Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Emmanuel Akabe, killing three policemen and a civilian.
Akabe was on his way to Abuja on an official engagement when the convoy ran into the armed robbers who were operating a few kilometres away from Akwanga, at about 6 pm.
ASP Usman Samaila, Police Public Relations Officer of the state Police Command confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia.
Samaila, however, did not give details, saying the commissioner of Police, Bola Longe had led a team of officers to the scene to assess the situation.
“As I speak with you now, the Commissioner of Police, the Deputy Commissioner Operations and other high ranking officers of the command have gone to the scene of the incident,” Samaila said.
It was reported that one of the gunmen opened fire on the convoy before fleeing.
The corpses of the deceased have been deposited at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital Lafia.
The deputy governor was also at the hospital. Though unhurt, he looked shaky and did not speak to journalists on the incident