Police inspector shot dead at checkpoint

Gunmen shot dead a police inspector on Friday in Edo State, South-south of Nigeria.

Moses Yamu, a police spokesperson in Edo, who confirmed the incident in a statement to the News Agency of Nigeria, said the gunmen opened fire at the officer at a checkpoint during a routine stop-and-search operation in Benin, the Edo capital.

The slain officer was attached to the Ekiadolor Area Command in Edo.

Mr Yamu, a chief superintendent of police, said the incident occurred at about…