Some unknown gunmen have attacked the Hilltop International Premium Hotel at Tunga-Maje in the Gwagwalada area of the Abuja, killing a police officer, and injuring another.
The FCT Police Command on Thursday confirmed this through its Public Relations Officer, DSP Josephine Adeh.
She added that police operatives foiled the attack and abduction of any one.
Adeh said, “Suspected kidnappers were carrying out their operations and our police foiled their attack and engaged them in a gun battle but unfortunately, one of our men paid the supreme price.
“The gun battle was intense. They didn’t succeed in kidnapping any one from the hotel. When they could not withstand the fire power of our operatives, they flee.”
Residents said the attackers opened fire on the hotel doors to gain access, gathered the hotel staff and flogged them.
They said the gunmen engaged the policemen in a gun battle that led to the death of a police officer.
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