Gunmen Murder Bauchi Federal Poly’s Chief Engineer, Injured Resident
EMERGENCY DIGEST- Gunmen stormed Burshin Fulani settlement, killing a Chief Engineer of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, Mr. Abubakar Muhammad and injured another resident, the State Police Command has revealed.
The police command, also, revealed that Muhammad’s murder took place in his house located at Burshin Fulani along Bauchi-Dass road at about 2:30 a.m.
In a statement by its Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Ahmed Wakili, the command revealed that the gunmen whose number could not be ascertained stormed the area to carry out the attack.
Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, said: “I can confirm to you that unknown gunmen attacked Burshin Fulani and killed one man, Abubakar Garba Muhammad of Federal Polytechnics.
“He was shot on the neck and died on the spot. Our men who rushed to the scene evacuated him to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi
where the medical team on duty certified him dead.”
The spokesman explained that the police patrol team stationed at the main gate of the polytechnic on hearing gunshots from the direction at about 4:00 a.m. quickly mobilised and rushed to the area and on sighting the light of the patrol van, the gunmen fled.
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Wakil said the late chief engineer came out of his house on a rescue mission after hearing noise of struggling of one of his sons with some people at the gate of the house and immediately he came out, the gunmen shot and killed him.
He said that the Commissioner of Police, Sylvester Abiodun Alabi “has directed that the police should go after the gunmen, apprehend and bring them to justice. Our men are after them now and very soon. They will get to them.”
The spokesman, also, confirmed that the gunmen shot another resident in the settlement, noting that he “is receiving treatment at the hospital from the gunshot.”
According to the residents, the attack on the settlement threw all the people into confusion because had not happened in the settlement before.
Meanwhile, the management of the polytechnic has announced the death and funeral arrangement of its chief engineer on its verified and official Facebook page.
In the statement through its Public Relations Unit, the polytechnic described it as most unfortunate, though pledged to work with the police command to bring the perpetrators to book.
The statement said: “Gunmen killed one of our staff, Chief Engineer, Abubakar Muhammad (Babangida Birshi) of Directorate of Physical Planning around 2:30am at his resident in Burshin Fulani.
“His Funeral prayer as announced by the family will hold by 9:00 a.m. in Burshin Fulani Mosque, behind his house. May Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant his soul Jannatil Firdausi.”
