By: Monday Danladi, Bauchi
Suspected armed robbers yet to be identified on Friday, attacked and robbed players and officials of Borno State owned Elkanemi Warriors FC of Maiduguri.
The incident was said to have occurred along the ever busy Bauchi – Jos Federal highway at Rijiyan Malam village, about 30 kilometers away from.
The Bauchi Police Command through the PPRO, SP Ahmed Wakili while confirming the incident over telephone conversation on Saturday, stated that, “At about 04000hrs, One Dahiru Bala, 65 years old, the Secretary of Elkanemi Warriors FC of Maiduguri reported that at about 2000 hours, while they were returning from Jos, along Rijiyan Malam Village In two buses and one Salon Car, One of their buses was attacked by armed men who injured most of the occupants, robbed them of their money, mobile phones and valuables yet to be ascertained.”
The PPRO added that,”In the actual sense, when the incident happened along that road, we have Three Police Divisions from Bauchi to Jos whom that is their areas of responsibility and it falls within their purview. We have Toro, Nabordo and Tilden Fulani Divisions. So all those they were saying along Jos road, It falls within their purview.”
Ahmed Wakili stressed that,”But my greatest surprise is that this matter was reported at the GRA Police Station here In Bauchi. After then, the players of the team were treated and they were discharged at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH).”
He also stated that,”But without so much ado, the Command, under the amiable leadership of the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Muhammad will not leave any strone unturned because, for the past many years in Bauchi, this is the first time that we heard of a case of robbery along the Bauchi – Jos highway, because that road is one of the most safest routes.”
He added that,”Besides, all the roads in Bauchi are most safe in the night, People travel along, We are not having cases of robbery, but we are not going to relent on our oars,. The Command has put some certain valves to checkmate, to investigate, to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of this crime.”
The PPRO added that,”Presently, Our Officers and men from the Tactical Command of the Command have been given directive by the Police Commissioner to intensify efforts and make arrests of the perpetrators of this destardly act.”
“And more so, the players that were robbed of their valuables and properties, if they can be able to get in touched with the Command or we have a complaint ‘rescue me’ application they can be able to send their own complaint through the rescue me application of the Command so that we can be able to trace, track the perpetrators of this destardly acts since they said that they have taking some of their phones,” he added.
The PPRO concluded that,”So, we are going to use that and inshallah, we are going to arrest those perpetrators and bring them to Justice.”
When contacted, Secretary of the Club, Dahiru Bala simply said that, “Yes, it happened.
