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Four police officers were on Thursday killed by gunmen in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria’s South-south.

The police spokesperson in the state, Irene Ugbo, confirmed the killing of the officers, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

The officers were reportedly killed along MCC Road, Calabar. Their identity and details surrounding the killings are unknown for now.

Ms Ugbo, a deputy superintendent of police, said the police in the state have been thrown into grief by the incident which she said was “very bitter and ugly.”

“The killers would not have a place to hide as the force would fish them out and serve justice on them,” she said.

“It is quite unfortunate. We feel really sad. The Command is in mourning over the death of the four officers who lost their lives.

“We are investigating the matter and will surely root out the culprits, no matter how far they run or hide. We must get them and that I can assure you,” the police spokesperson she said.

The latest killing brings to five the number of police officers killed in the state in the last three months.

An assistant commissioner of police, Egbe Edum, was brutally killed with a machete by some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums in Calabar in December.