Gunmen on Tuesday ambushed and killed the Divisional Police Officer of Naka division, Mamud Abubakar, a Superintendent of Police.

Naka is the headquarters of Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State.

A source said the DPO was killed around 3.30pm on Tuesday while he was returning from Makurdi, where he went for peace escort.

He was returning to his station at Naka when he was ambushed and killed.

The Benue State Commissioner of Police, Wale Abass, who spoke to our correspondent on the phone, confirmed the incident.