Unknown Gunmen allegedly killed a policeman and kidnapped an expatriate supervising Agbede/Anwain Road construction in Idegun, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State on Monday.
The policeman that was killed, was attached to the expatriate, An eyewitness(Name withheld) said that the incident happened on Monday during an inspection of the road by the expatriate.
The witness said five armed men came out from the bush, killed the policeman and took the foreigner away, adding that the armed men came on foot from neighbouring Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of the state.
He added that villagers in company with local vigilante groups set out few mins after the incident, searching the bush in a futile effort to rescue the foreigner.
The spokesman of the state police command, Mr. Kontongs Bello, said he was yet to be briefed on the issue, saying that he would speak on the incident once he gets the details.