A lecturer, Yohanna Mbudai Bzegu of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, has reportedly been shot dead by suspected cultists.
Metronetworknews gathered that Bzegu was shot dead in the early hours of Thursday at his Bajabure residence, behind Anglican Junior Seminary, a satellite town on the outskirt of Yola, the state capital.
According to a source close to the family, the hoodlums broke into his house and fired multiple shots into his chest and watched him breathe his last, while his wife looked haplessly.
A source who preferred to remain anonymous said the attackers, gained entrance into their residence at about 3:00 am.
He revealed that it was the fifth attempt by the yet-to-be-identified hoodlums to attack the residence, adding only this time, they succeeded and murdered, their breadwinner in cold blood.
“They first fire shots through the window; later they broke the door and shot him severally in the chest until they confirmed he was dead”, he stated.
The spokesperson of the Adamawa State Police Command, SP Suleiman Nguroje confirmed the incidence saying , “The Commissioner of Police, Sikiru Akande, visited the crime scene earlier today and directed that immediate investigation, with a view to apprehending the culprit, be initiated to unearth the killers of the lecturer.”
