Lockdown: Policeman shot dead while enforcing curfew in Edo State

A police inspector identified as Felix Egbon was shot dead in Edo state on Friday, May 8, by suspected hoodlums after he was attacked.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the policemen attached to the Auchi division of the Edo state police command was enforcing the curfew imposed by the federal government alongside his colleagues.

The police public relations officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, confirming the incident in Benin, on Saturday, May 8, said a manhunt had been launched to arrest the attackers.

He said the late police inspector and some officers were attacked while enforcing the curfew imposed by the federal government to check the spread of COVID-19.

He said:

“While on it, some mob attacked them, during the attack, unknown hoodlums emerged and shot at the deceased officer. “The officer was immediately rushed to the Central Hospital in Auchi, where he was pronounced dead. A serious manhunt is presently ongoing to arrest the hoodlums whose numbers can not be ascertained.”