Gunmen attack Bauchi community, kill one, abduct three
The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of one person and abduction of three others, including two community heads by suspected gunmen in Ningi Local Government Area of the state.
SP Ahmed Wakil, the command’s spokesperson while confirming this development on Monday in Bauchi, said that the gunmen attacked a community known as Balma, killing one person and abducting three others, including two community leaders, late on Saturday.
Wakil said the two community leaders were a village head in Balma community and a ward head in the Bakutumbu community.
The spokesman said that the command had on Sunday received a report from its Balma outpost that gunmen had attacked the village.
“They shot sporadically and took away the village head, Alhaji Hussaini Saleh, who is 48 years old,” he said.
Wakil said that the village head was abducted alongside one Idris Mai Unguwa and another man named Ya’u Gandu Maliya, who is 45 years old.
He said, “One Haruna Jibrin was, however, shot in the head by the gunmen.
“When the police received the distress call, a team was drafted to the scene, they rescued the victim and rushed him to General Hospital, Ningi where he was receiving treatment but was later confirmed dead.
“At present, the police in Ningi Division are combing the bush, trying to see how they can rescue the two abducted community leaders alive.”
However, the PPRO urged the citizens to always provide information on suspicious movements of people to security agencies for immediate action.
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