Gbenga Odogun, LokojaThe owner of a popular supermarket in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, Nicholas Ofodile, and two other persons have been killed by gunmen. Ofodile was said to have met his death on Wednesday when he ran into an armed robbery operation on the Gegu/Koton-Karfe/Abuja Expressway. Gegu is in the Kogi Local Government Area of the state. Our correspondent gathered that there was a gun duel between the robbers and men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad around 1pm when Ofodile ran into them and was caught in the crossfire. The incident comes less than a week after eight policemen and two civilians were killed in Isanlu by suspected robbers.

Source: Punch June 11, 2020 00:02 UTC