Police recover vehicle used in Kogi REC mansion attack

The Kogi State Police Command says it has recovered a Toyota Sienna bus used by unidentified gunmen to attack the official residence of Dr. Gabriel Longpet, Resident Electoral Commissioner of the State Independent Electoral Commission (INEC). did.

According to police, the vehicle was deserted in entrance of the REC official residence.

However, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, confirmed the restoration of the vehicle in a press release in Lokoja.
The physique was discovered burned on the entrance of the home.

He stated the attackers then fled the scene beneath heavy fireplace from cops on obligation on the official residence.

He stated the Commissioner of Police, Besland Onuoha, had ordered a group of tactical operatives to be dispatched to the scene whereas a seek for the hoodlums was launched.

Aya stated, “Unidentified armed thugs attacked the REC and INEC quarters and began taking pictures sporadically.

“Police officers on obligation on the residence engaged in a gunfight with the delinquents and refused entry to the premises.”

He additionally revealed that he has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Police in cost of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to launch an investigation with a view to arresting the perpetrators and bringing them to justice.

Source: dailypost.ng