SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened at the Ishieke Junction on the outskirts of Abakaliki, the state capital, where a police patrol van was also set on fire.
A police checkpoint along the Abakaliki-Enugu Highway in Ebonyi State, southeast Nigeria was attacked by gunmen on Thursday.
The Ebonyi State Police Command confirmed to SaharaReporters on Thursday that a policeman was killed in the attack.
SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened at the Ishieke Junction on the outskirts of Abakaliki, the state capital, where a police patrol van was also set on fire.
The spokesperson for the state police command, DSP Joshua Ukandu, who confirmed the attack to SaharaReporters said a policeman was fatally wounded.
He, however, added that nobody was abducted.
“Nobody was abducted, but unfortunately a policeman was fatally wounded. We are on the trail of the hoodlums," he said.