Metro
Gunmen kill 12 Nigerian policemen in three days
Gunmen, at the weekend, killed no fewer than 12 policemen in separate attacks in Akwa Ibom and Rivers states, WUZUPNIGERIA can authoritatively report.
On Saturday, armed attackers killed six people at a police station in Akwa Ibom, the state’s police spokesman, Odiko Mcdon, said on Sunday.
She explained that the gunmen killed five officers and one of their wives in the early morning attack.
The killings followed three attacks on Friday night in the Rivers state where seven officers were killed, bringing the total number of officers killed over the weekend to 12 amid escalating violence nationwide.
Rivers is the home to Port Harcourt, the gateway to the oil-rich Delta region – while Akwa Ibom state is also an oil-producing state.
Rising violence across Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and its biggest economy, has alarmed residents and observers. Parliament last week called for a comprehensive response to mounting insecurity and the lower house urged President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency.
Since December, bandits have kidnapped more than 700 people from schools in the northwest, Islamist militants have killed scores of soldiers and civilians in the northeast and kidnapping and crime have increased nationwide.
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