Intelligence have gathered that a policeman has been shot dead while four Chinese expatriates working on the Lagos-Ibadan railway project have been abducted.
Sources say the gunmen ambushed the victims at Adeaga/Alaagba village, a border community between Oyo and Ogun, on Wednesday.
It was learnt that the gunmen, dressed in a black caftan, stormed the site of the rail project at Adeaga/Alaagba village in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun.
In a statement by the State’s Police PRO, Abimbola Oyeyemi, security operatives are on the trail of the gunmen.
He said: “It is true, the incident happened yesterday (Wednesday). The victims are Chinese expatriates working at the constitution site at the terminus of the railway around Alaagba area, not far from Kila.
“The gunmen laid ambush for the victims on their way and they were attacked. A police officer escorting them was killed.
“We have started the investigation since yesterday (Wednesday), we are on the trail of those people and hopefully we are going to get them.
“All our tactical teams have been deployed to that direction and we are trying to locate them and we believe that by the grace of God For we are going to get them.”
Credit: Eons Intelligence
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