The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the death of another victim who was shot by the gunmen that attacked Burshin Fulani and killed Chief Engineer of the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi.
The police also confirmed that the gunmen abducted two persons and injured four others.
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Police spokeman PPRO, SP Mohammed Ahmed Wakili, told reporters in Bauchi on Saturday that, “One Adamu Umar, 56, who was shot by gunmen earlier this morning and rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi has died.”
Wakil said, “he was rushed to the hospital by our patrol team that responded to the distress call following the gunshots from the area. He was admitted for treatment from the gunshots in his buttocks but he was later confirmed dead.”
He also confirmed that the gunmen abducted another person as they escaped through Bayara, along Dass road.
Wakili however assured that police personnel are on their trail as ordered by the Commissioner of Police, Sylvester Abiodun Alabi.
A reliable source told our correspondent that the gunmen attacked a resident of Katsinawa village and stole two motorcycles which they used in the operation.
The source further disclosed that the gunmen were heard shouting and shooting sporadically as they stormed the Burshin Fulani village where the late Chief Engineer was shot directly in the neck leading to his death.
He added that while trying to escape, the gunmen shot another person identified as an Engineer working with a Bauchi based indegeneous construction company, Damasal Engineering.
He said they abducted two persons and injured four persons.
