Chief Medical Director, District Head Killed By Gunmen In Bauchi

The Chief Medical Director of

the Federal Medical Centre,

Azare, in Bauchi State, has

been shot and killed by armed

gunmen on Saturday, police

said.

The Public Relations Officer of

the Bauchi State Police Command, Hassan Mohammed,

confirmed the incident on Sunday.

The FMC chief, Musa Mohammed, was shot and killed,

along with Muhammadu Manu, the District Head of Yame

Community in the Dambam Local Government Area of

Bauchi State.

“Mohammed along with Alhaji Manu was shot dead in Yame

town at around 10.30 p.m. on Saturday,” he said.

The police spokesman said investigation into the killings

had begun, but added that no arrest had been made.

The late medical practitioner was ambushed on the

Azare-Dambam road by the suspected assailants, who

took him to Yame town before killing him and the district

head.

Until his appointment as the CMD of the centre, Mr.

Mohammed was Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary

Healthcare Development Agency.

(NAN)