Residents kill hunter mistaken for robbers in Bauchi

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Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the death of two individuals in the state.

This is was made known in a press release signed and issued by the state command Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil.

Wakil who issued the release on Thursday said the police received a distress call from Gwallameji that a group of hunters led by Commander Saidu Musa, ‘M’ 49-year-old armed with machetes and guns, were at the area to apprehend an unidentified person following a complaint by one Ibrahim Lado, a resident of Hajiya Amina Lodge Gwallameji and residents mistook them for armed robbers and responded forcefully, overpowering and injuring them.

“Therefore, one of the hunters, Nasiru Adam, ‘M’, a 27-year-old resident of Tani-Yola, sustained severe injuries. Despite being rushed to ATBUTH for medical attention, Adam was pronounced dead by a medical doctor.

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