By Premium Times
On Thursday evening gunmen reportedly shot and killed an Inspector of Police and also abducted two Chinese nationals in a bloody operation at Quarry Camp in Cross River State, southern Nigeria.
SP Nelson Okpabi, the police spokesperson for Zone 6, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Calabar and released to reporters on Friday.
Okpabi, a superintendent of police, said that a Nigerian was abducted alongside the two Chinese nationals.
According to the statement, the gunmen, who wore military camouflage, stole an AK-47 rifle from the slain officer.
Okpabi added that the gunmen gained entrance into the quarry “after a worker accidentally allowed a security breach at the gate”.
He disclosed that the AIG in charge of the zone, Jonathan Towuru, has ordered a thorough search for the gunmen, vowing that they must be brought to book.
“The Police hereby appeal to the people to be on the lookout and provide any useful information that will lead to the arrest of the perpetrators,” the spokesperson stated.
