SAN FRANCISCO, August 22, (THEWILL) – A soldier, a policeman and one civilian have been killed by a group of gunmen who attacked an oil exploration site in Ogbemakoku/Iyak community, Abua-Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State.
Reports indicate that the incident happened on Monday when the gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, shot at a convoy conveying some expatriates to the oil exploration site.
It was gathered that the gunmen were on the trail of two expatriates working for an oil exploration company operating at the site and opened fire.
The soldier and the policeman, according to reports, were in the security escort guarding the expatriates while they worked at the oil exploration site.
It was learnt that the driver immediately escaped with the expatriates, whose names could not be ascertained, while some indigenes of the area rushed to the site with the aim of confronting the gunmen.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the incident, saying investigation had since begun with a view to apprehending the attackers and bringing them to justice.
