A 19 year old teenager Muhammad Harisu of Nassawa area in the Bauchi metropolis on Wednesday lost his left ear as a result of attack by suspected political thugs during a rally organized by supporters of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state capital to celebrate their victory in the last Presidential and National Assembly election.
Narrating his ordeal in an interview with Journalists on Friday, Harisu said he was outside witnessing the rally when the suspected thugs went on rampage, stabbing people indiscriminately.
” Four of them came to me and macheted me on several parts of my body including my left ear, back and hand. I tried to run away, but I have already sustained wounds in my body. So I rushed to a nearby chemist where the wounds were quickly dressed to stop the ongoing bleeding”, he said.
Speaking about the incident, the State Assembly candidate of the People’s Redemption Party (PRP) for Bauchi central constituency, Honourable Abubakar Sadiq Idris who alleged that the rally was led by his opponent of the ruling APC, said the thugs stormed his residential area along Nassarawa road in the Bauchi metropolis where they allegedly attacked innocent people including his pregnant sister and destroyed his posters.
He claimed that the attack was aimed at intimidating people ahead of the upcoming governorship and State Assembly elections in the state.
” She was attacked inside my house because they penetrated into the whole area and did not spare anyone they could set eyes on and smashed cars. In fact, they attacked even a mad man who doesn’t know anything and is now receiving treatment at the hospital”.
” The obnoxious event might not be unconnected with the victory recorded by our party in the last election where PRP candidate won the house of representatives seat for Bauchi local government federal constituency”. He alleged.
But the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Bauchi State Command DSP Kamal Datti Abubakar who confirmed the incident said at about 4pm on Wednesday, the Command received a report that, while some members of the public were celebrating the victory of their political parties in the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections in Bauchi metropolis, some group of youths suspected to be Sara Suka thugs went on rampage attacking them with machetes and sticks.
” Upon getting tipp offs, the Command mobilized its operatives and rushed to the area and curtailed the situation”.
” However during the unfortunate incident three innocent people were confirmed injured; they were then taken to the hospital by the police where they were treated and discharged”. He explained.
The case is under investigation and so far four suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident.
