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“Yes, Polytechnic Lecturer in Adamawa Is Dead” – Police
Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed reports
The Police Command of Adamawa State, has confirmed the death of the state polytechnic lecturer, Mallam Bzegu, who was assassinated by unknown gunmen at the wee hours of last Thursday at his Bajabure apartment, a suburb of Yola metropolis.
Recall our earlier report that the the erudite scholar is gunned down.
The confirmation was announced by the Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, SP Sulieman Nguroje, who identified the murdered man as a lecturer with the Department of Mechanical Engineering in the State Polytechnic, Yola.
Confirming the incident, Nguroje noted that: “The state Commissioner of Police, Sikiru Akande, visited the crime scene earlier today (yesterday) and directed that immediate investigation be conducted with a view to apprehending the perpetrators of the crime.
“Killings by gunmen are increasing in the state and causing sleepless nights to many residents.”
Similarly, an eyewitness claimed the assailants reportedly broke into the lecturer’s house and fired different shots into his chest until he was dead, while his wife looked haplessly.
As said by an eyewitness who spoke with Track News Nigeria under anonymity, “The gunmen stormed the deceased residence at about 3a.m. last Thursday and broke into his house,” adding that they only murdered the lecturer but did not take any of his belongings.
He explained that: “They came around 3 a.m. It was their fourth or fifth attempt, and we don’t know why they murdered him.
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