No fewer than three police officers lost their lives in the early hours of Wednesday to unknown gunmen, the Kogi State Police Command has confirmed.

According to the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP William Ovye, the three officers were killed at a checkpoint in Egbe, a community sharing a boundary with Kwara State.

Ovye, who made the disclosure to Arise News, asserted that the Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Miller Dantawaye, has deployed the police tactical team to the area, adding that they are on the trail of the gunmen.

“I can confirm to you that three of the officers on duty were killed today in Egbe, a border community with Kwara State.

“The Commissioner of Police has deployed a tactical squad to the area. We are currently on the trail of these men of the underworld, and they will all be arrested,” he stated.