Two mobile policemen were killed in the early hours of Tuesday at Hawan
Kibo along Jos – Abuja road as armed robbers attacked a convoy of
bullion vans belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Our
correspondent gathered that the bullion vans and their retinue of armed
mobile policemen escorts had left Jos in the early hours of Tuesday en-route Abuja.
But somewhere along Hawan Kibo, immediately after a
military check point, the armed robbers, wearing military uniforms,
emerged from a bush and attacked a patrol team belonging the Plateau
State security outfit, “Operation Rainbow”, attached to Riyom local
government, killing a mobile policeman on the spot.
It was
further gathered that it was at this point that the CBN convoy also ran
into the armed robbers who opened fire on it. The incident was said to
happened at about 8.30 am.
The robbers engaged the escort in a
shootout, leading to the death of the second mobile policeman, who was
in the CBN convoy. The policeman was identified as Sgt. Anthony Jawa,
from Mobile Police Squad (MOPOL) 8, Jos.
Police Public Relations
Officer, ASP Tyopev Terna, who confirmed the incident said he was yet to
receive the full report from Riyom divisional police. He said that some
policemen were killed, but did not know the number.
As at the time of report, the CBN bullion vans and escort are at the Federal Road Safety office in Riyom