Nigeria, March 23 -- Gunmen have ambushed and killed two police operatives in Imo State, South-east Nigeria.

The police spokesperson in the state, Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday.

Mr Okoye, an assistant superintendent of police, said the hoodlums attacked some operatives while they were on patrol duty in the early hours of Saturday, killing two of them on the spot.

The police spokesperson said the incident happened along Old Gariki Road in Okigwe in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state.

He added that the gunmen were suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing, the Eastern Security Network.

Mr Okoye said the gunmen threw dynamite at the police patrol vehicle and s...