Gunmen killed a policeman conveyed on a motorcycle, and escaped with the service rifles on him at Uti junction in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.
It was gathered that the motorcycle rider was also fatally injured in the shooting incident which occurred at 11am on Sunday morning.
According to PUNCH, the deceased policeman was said to be carrying two rifles, one for his colleague who was not on duty when he left the post, while the other one belonged to him.
The attack led to pandemonium as passersby and onlookers resorted to scampering for safety as they witnessed the shooting incident.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, could not be reached for comments on the incident as of the time of filing this report.
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