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Showing posts with label bauchi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bauchi. Show all posts

Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas Eve Tragedy: Gunman opens fire inside bar, injures several people in Bauchi


At least five people sustained injuries at a drinking joint when an unknown gunman Monday opened fire in Bigi village a suburb of Bauchi metropolis in Bauchi local Government area.

Vanguard gathered from a reliable security source that the gunman entered the joint where people were eating and drinking and joined them.

He said,“ After he finished eating, he used his gun and shot three people. Some good Samaritans at the joint attempted to overpower him and arrest him, but he used his gun and hit two people who also sustained injuries before he fled”.

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Saturday, December 22, 2012

10 dead, eight injured in Bauchi-Gombe road accident


At least 10 persons have been confirmed dead and eight others seriously injured in a fatal auto accident that occurred along Bauchi–Gombe federal highway on Friday.
Confirming the incident in Bauchi, the Acting Sector Commandant of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mahmud Kachalla disclosed that the unfortunate accident occurred when a Volkswagon Golf car, a Honda and a motorcycle had a head-on collision in Alkaleri town, some kilometers away from Tsohuwar Gwaram village in Bauchi state.

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Gunmen Kill Two Police Guards At Home Of Former Secretary To The Nigerian Government In Bauchi


Unidentified gunmen invaded the home of Aminu Saleh, former secretary to the Nigerian government, killing two police guards at the Azare, Bauchi state home used by the ex-official to receive visitors.
Sources said the attack might be linked to efforts by Mr. Saleh to bring together Muslim clerics and elders led by Dahiru Bauchi who have stated they are involved in a dialogue with Boko Haram.

The Boko Haram sect reportedly opposes dialogue with the Nigerian government on its behalf.

Mr. Saleh was at home at the time of the attack but was unharmed.

Last week, still unidentified gunmen shot and killed the former comptroller of prisons in the same city. Mr. Ibrahim Katagum died in hospital 24 hours after he was shot in the leg and stomach.

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