A Senior staff of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi, Engineer Abubakar Garba Muhammad has been murdered in cold blood by unknown gunmen in the early hours of Saturday, September 4, 2021.
The gunmen invaded his house located at Burshin Fulani along Bauchi – Dass road at about 2.30am.
A statement on the official Facebook page of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi read:
“Innalillahi wa Inna ilahir rajiun. Unknown gunmen killed one of our staff, Chief Engineer, Engr. Abubakar Garba Muhammad (Babangida Birshi) of Directorate of Physical Planning around 2:30am at his resident in Burshin Fulani”.
The statement also stated that, “His Funeral (Jana’iza) prayer as announced by the family will hold by 9:00am in Burshin Fulani Mosque, behind his house. May Allah forgive his shortcomings and grant his soul Jannatil Firdausi”
It was gathered that another resident of the area shot by the gunmen is receiving treatment at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH).
Confirming the incidence, the Bauchi State Police Command PPRO, SP Ahmed Wakili, said that the gunmen, whose number could not be ascertained, stormed the area to carry out the attack.
