The Nigeria Police Force has identified six officers who were reportedly killed in Delta State. In January, three mobile police officers were abducted by unknown gunmen while responding to a distress call in the Ohoro community in the Ughelli North LGA.
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The officers were part of a team of six stationed at a checkpoint on the Ughelli-Patani road, and the kidnappers also took their AK47 rifles.
Subsequently, during a rescue operation, the police officers were ambushed and killed in the Ohoro forest.
The bodies of the six slain officers have been recovered, and efforts are ongoing to locate the other missing officers.
The fallen officers were identified as Inspector Abe Olubunmi, Inspector Friday Irorere, Sergeant Kuden Elisha, Sergeant Akpan Aniette, Sergeant Ayere Paul, and Sergeant Ejemito Friday.
