Gunmen kill Chief Medical Director in Bauchi

Bauchi - The Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the Federal
Medical Centre, Azare in Bauchi State, Dr Musa
Mohammed, was on Saturday murdered by gunmen.
The Public Relations Officer of the Bauchi State Command,
ASP. Hassan Mohammed, confirmed the development in
an interview on Sunday in Bauchi.
He said that the deceased was shot and killed, along with
Alhaji Muhammadu Manu, the District Head of Yame
Community in the Dambam Local Government Area of
Bauchi State.
“Mohammed along with Alhaji Manu was shot dead in
Yame town at around 10.30 p.m. on Saturday.
The spokesman who said that no arrest had been made,
said that the police had commenced investigation into the
matter.
The late medical practitioner was ambushed on the Azare-
Dambam road by the suspected assailants, who took him
to Yame town before killing him and the district head.
Until his appointment as the CMD of the centre,
Mohammed was Chairman of the Bauchi State Primary
Health Care Development Agency. (NAN)