Bauchi community leader shot dead, suspect arrest

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Clement Anthony, successful transportation with the sidesplitting of a assemblage person successful Bauchi metropolis and recovered the firearm allegedly utilized successful the attack.

The bid said the fishy was arrested soon aft the incident, portion officers recovered a locally made single-barrel weapon and 1 expended cartridge from him.

The victim, 55-year-old Jacob Bature, who was the Mai Anguwa of Unguwar Ngas successful the Inkil country of Bauchi Local Government Area, was allegedly changeable connected Sunday evening.

According to the police, the incidental happened astatine astir 7:00 p.m. connected July 19, erstwhile Anthony allegedly equipped himself with the locally made weapon and opened occurrence connected the assemblage leader.

Bature was said to person sustained terrible gunshot wounds to his close ribs and collapsed astatine the scene.

A nonmigratory reported the incidental to the ‘A’ Division Township Police Station astatine astir 8:30 p.m., prompting constabulary officers to respond immediately.

The injured assemblage person was rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, wherever doctors confirme...