Suspected thugs in Bauchi state called ‘Yan sara suka’ last Saturday stormed kofar dumi quarters in the state capital and attacked some members of the state peace and security committee and burned their vehicles.
Our correspondent gathered that the thugs injured many of the committee members, burned their vehicle and another one belonging to the Friday mosque in the area.
Confirming the incident Tuesday, the state treasurer of the committee Mahmood Isah Dalhatu said the hoodlums also raided the house of their state chairman with a view to killing him adding that when they couldn’t, they set his car on fire.
According to him, the miscreants were on veangence mission noting that the person accused of showing the culprits the houses of the committee members was arrested.
Meanwhile, the state deputy governor Baba Tela had visited the area and commiserated with them.
He assured that investigation would be carried out with a view to nabbing the perpetrators of the attack and punishing them.
