A police inspector, Felix Egbon, was on Friday night shot dead by unknown gunmen who attacked a team of police operatives at Auchi Divisional Police Headquarters, in Edo state.

The Edo state police public relations officer of the command  DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the incident, said Inspector Egbon, attached to the Auchi division, was on patrol with his team, enforcing the COVID-19 curfew imposed by the federal government when they were ambushed.

The state Command PPRO, DSP Nwabuzor said the incident happened at about 9pm, when Inspector Felix and his team were attacked with guns and other dangerous weapons by unknown hoodlums who emerged from the bush at Iyetse Quarters, Auchi, but says the police is on the trail of the attackers