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Three police officers were, on Friday, killed when gunmen ambushed the advance security team of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State.

The incident occurred at about 1:30 p.m.

Mr Okowa is also the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the gunmen attacked the security team – made up of four police officers – in Ihiala, a community in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, south-east Nigeria.

The hoodlums were said to have freed one of the officers who was not in a police uniform during the attack.

Sources said the officers were en route to Abia State, where Mr Okowa was reportedly billed to travel to, for a meeting with some PDP members in the state ahead of the 25 February presidential election.