Federal Poly Bauchi Chief Engineer killed

The Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi Chief Engineer, Alhaji Abubakar Garba Muhammad has been killed by a yet to be indentified gunmen.

Information from Bauchi State Police Command said the assassins in the early hours of Saturday stormed Burshin Fulani settlement, forced themselves into the residence of a Senior staff of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, Engineer Abubakar Garba Muhammad and murdered him in cold blood.

The incident took place around 2.00am and it has been posted on the verified and official Facebook page of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi.

The late Muhammad works with the Directorate of Physical Planning of the Polytechnic.

In a related development, a resident of the area was shot by the gunmen and is receiving treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) in Bauchi.

Spokesman for Bauchi State Police Command, SP Ahmed Wakil confirmed the incident to newsmen on Saturday.

The PPRO said, “yes, I can confirm to you that unknown gunmen attacked Burshin Fulani and killed one man, Abubakar Garba Muhammad of FedPoly.

“He was shot on the neck and died on the spot. Our men who rushed to the scene evacuated him to the Teaching Hospital where the medical team on duty certified him dead”.

The Police said its patrol team at the gate were quickly mobilised and before they could reach the scene, the arsonists have fled.

They explained that the late Engineer Muhammad came out to rescue on his son who was struggling with the gunmen and was immediately shot.

He said that, “The Commissioner of Police, Sylvester Abiodun Alabi has directed the Police to go after the gunmen, and bring them to justice.”