Nigeria, June 2 -- Some gunmen have killed four people, including two police officers, in Anambra State, Nigeria's South-east.

The incident happened at about 9 p.m. on Sunday when gunmen attacked the convoy of Ben Nwankwo, the newly appointed chief of staff to Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State.

The hoodlums had laid an ambush before opening fire at the convoy along the Amansea-Ndiora-Ndiukwuenu-Awa-Ufuma Road in Orumba South Local Area of the state.

The area shares boundaries with communities in Awka North Local Government Area of the state.

The slain officers were part of a police team accompanying the convoy when the hoodlums ambushed and killed them.

Two other slain victims were said to be officials attached to the chief of...