Gunmen Friday killed a police officer, who was returning from duty at the Enugu-Abakaliki Expressway, and made away with his Ak-47 rifle.
A Civil Defence officer who was on duty in a filling station in the area was reportedly shot on the leg.
Sources said that the hoodlums operated on motorcycles and killed the policeman at the Mobil Filling Station of the expressway.
The situation affected vehicular movements across the capital city as heavily armed police officers cordoned off the roads especially the Abakaliki end of the federal highway.
They thoroughly searched vehicles and motorcycles which they impounded and stuffed them into big operational vans.
The State Commissioner of Police, Mrs Peace Ibekwe-Abdallah, confirmed the incident noting that the investigation into the matter has commenced.
“The command is preparing a release on the matter and would make it available to the press soon,” she said.
