Police nab seven suspects over fatal clash in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested seven suspects over a violent clash that claimed the lives of two people in Dass Local Government Area of the state.

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday.

He said the suspects were being investigated for alleged criminal conspiracy, inciting disturbance and culpable homicide.

According to Habib, preliminary investigations showed that the incident started around 6pm on September 4, 2026, when Ibrahim El-Safwan, popularly known as Jabala’i, allegedly conspired with others to attack 29-year-old tricycle rider, Abdulrahman Nuru, in the Tudun Wus area of Dass.

According to the police, Nuru, who was from the Bundot area of Dass, was allegedly stabbed with cutlasses on various parts of his body.

The statement read, “Preliminary investigation revealed that on the said date at about 1800hrs, one Ibrahim El-Safwan, aka Jabala’i, of Bayan Fada area, Dass, criminally conspired with his accomplices, intercepted and brutally attacked one Abdulrahman Nuru, 29 years old, a tricycle rider of Bundot area, Dass, stabbing him with cutlasses on various parts of his body at Tudun Wus area, Dass.”

Habib said policemen attached to the Dass Division were immediately mobilised to the scene after receiving a report of the attack.

He said that on arrival, the police discovered that personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, whose office was close to the scene, had taken custody of the victim’s tricycle and apprehended one suspect.

The victim was subsequently rushed to the General Hospital, Dass, where he was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.

The police spokesman said the killing triggered tension in the area as youths from Bundot allegedly mobilised in large numbers, armed with cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, and stormed the Bayan Fada area in an apparent reprisal attack.

He said the development resulted in a violent confrontation between the two groups near the Dass Central Motor Park.

“During the violent confrontation, another victim, one Mukhtar Jibrin, 38 years old, of Bayan Fada area, was stabbed. He was rushed to the General Hospital, Dass, and later referred to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, where he was also confirmed dead,” the statement added.

Habib said detectives swiftly intervened, restored calm and arrested seven suspects in connection with the incident.

The suspects are Umar Abubakar, 20, of Bayan Fada; Blus Garba, 19; Adamu Muhammad, 17; Hussaini Danjuma, 17; Hassan Danjuma, 17; Shuaibu Sani, 17; and Aliyu Abdullahi, 18, all of the Bundot area of Dass.

He added that efforts were ongoing to arrest other suspects believed to have fled.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, condemned the killings and ordered a discreet and thorough investigation into the incident.

Aliyu appealed to residents of Dass to remain calm and law-abiding and refrain from taking the law into their own hands, assuring them that those responsible would be brought to justice.

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