Not less than two persons have been killed by hoodlums who stormed the venue of a wedding send-forth at Gudum Hausawa, a suburb of Bauchi State metropolis. INDEPENDENT reports.
Confirming the development, the Bauchi State Police Public Relation Officer, SP Mohammed Ahmed Wakili said that some thugs entered a house and started beating the people and the youths, adding that they started using the dane gun to shoot the people and wounded some youths. Information Guide Nigeria
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“Two youths were shot and killed by the hoodlums, those killed were Christopher Habila, 17 years old, and Halon Nandir, 18 years old all of Gudum Hausawa”. jamb results
“Presently 7 suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident while the Commissioner of Police, Umar Sanda has directed that full discreet investigations should be conducted to get the root cause of the incident,” The PPRO said
The PPRO added that all DPOs in the metropolis have been directed to focus attention on the area following series of happenings in the area in order to protect lives and properties of law abiding citizens.
He also said that all the arrested suspects are already in detention at the Police Command Headquarters pending the completion of investigation.
Reports had it that on Friday last week, hoodlums in their numbers stormed the residence of a retired Police Officer, Ezra Yari in Gudum Hausawa who organized a send forth ceremony for his daughter who was expected to get married on Saturday.