Sorrow As Gunmen Kill Poly Lecturer In Adamawa

By Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed

Mr Yohanna Mbudai Bzegu, a lecturer at the Adamawa State Polytechnic, has been reportedly killed in his home at Badarisa, an area in Yola, the Adamawa state capital.

TrackNews learnt that Yohanna Bzegu, who works as a lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering of Adamawa State Polytechnic Yola, earlier before his death until he was shot dead in the wee hours of Thursday at his residence situated after Anglican Junior Seminary, Badarisa, suburb at the hem of Yola.

Mr. Mohammed Oluwatimileyin Taoheed, our National Correspondent, gathered that the assailants broke into his house and fired multiple shots into his chest and watched him gave up his the ghost while his wife looked haplessly.

A family member who gave his speech under anonymity noted that:
“They came around 3:00am today, it was their fourth attempt and we don’t know why they murdered him.

“They first fired shots through the window; later they broke the door and shot him several times in the chest until they confirmed he was dead, they left without picking a pin from the house”, he said.

When reached, SP Suleiman Nguroje, who is the Spokesperson of the Adamawa Police Command, confirmed that: “the Commissioner of Police, Sikiru Akande, visited the crime scene earlier today and directed that immediate investigation be conducted with a view to apprehending the perpetrators of the crime.”

A resident of the community who spoke to Track News Nigeria said that insurgency has become a menace in the area recently.

Recall our earlier report last week that gunmen gave a hot shot at a pastor after abducting his 13-year-old daughter together with the killings of his two grown-up sons in the same State.