The Gunmen killed the policemen that was attached to Pache Construction Company, employers of the abducted Lebanese.
On Wednesday, June 24, unknown gunmen killed two policemen and abducted two Lebanese in Onuegbum, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa.
The group of gunmen, who reports say were eight in number , arrived in the community at about 12.20 p.m. in two speed boats through the waterway, besieged the sand dredging site and shot repeatedly into the air to scare away passersby and other workers in the area.
The two policemen who were attached to Pache Construction Company, employers of the abducted Lebanese, responded with gun shots but were killed by the volley of bullets released by the armed men.
Spokesman for Bayelsa Police Command, Astimin Butswat, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
"We have alerted the marine component of the Police, the Joint Task Force and the Navy," Butswat said.
He also said the two abducted Lebanese had been identified as Sarki Abi Chmouli and Ibrahim Abi Pherem.
The corpse of the two policemen have been deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre for autopsy.