2 killed as unknown gunmen attack police checkpoint in Ebonyi

Two persons were reportedly killed on Monday night as police and gunmen engaged in a shootout in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital.

It was gathered that gunmen attacked a Police checkpoint along the Presco junction axis of the ever-busy Enugu-Abakaliki express road again.

The incident created panic and tension along the major express road as motorists and commuters scampered for safety while the exchange gun battle lasted.

A source in the area said that the gunmen who operated on a motorcycle attacked the police officers on their duty post at the junction.

The gunmen, on arriving the junction, opened fire on the policemen on duty while the policemen responded immediately resulting in a gun battle.

When the gun battle subsided, people who went close observed that a policeman was shot dead while one of the gunmen was also killed.