The Bauch State Police Command has confirmed that hoodlums attacked a send forth ceremony in the Gudum Sayawa area of the state and killed two people.

The Command Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday.

He said that the send forth ceremony was organised by a retired Police officer on April 22nd for his daughter who was planning to get married but the hoodlums stormed the venue with machetes, knives, and other dangerous weapons and attacked guests.

Wakil, a Superintendent of Police said: “During the week under review, the Command has fought tirelessly in raising the policing standard which has led to a significant milestone in the combat against crime and criminality.

“Worthy of note is the successful operation that led to the arrest of suspected Hoodlums terrorizing Gudun Hausawa, Gudun Siyawa, and Gudun Fulani in the Bauchi metropolitan respectively.

“On April 22nd, 2022, in a related development, sequel to the communal clash in Gudun Hausawa, that one Ezra Yari, a retired Police officer, organized a wedding send-forth for his daughter Halima Yari at Gudun Hausawa of area Bauchi metro. In the process, some thugs hijacked the occasion, entered his house using dangerous weapons like machetes, and knives, and in the process, injured some youths.

“On receipt of the information, a team of detectives swiftly move to the scene and evacuated the injured persons to Specialist Hospital Bauchi, where two persons: Gift Felix (17), Male and Shalon Memdir (18) all of gudun hausawa were certified dead.”