Suspected armed robbers on Friday attacked players and officials of El-Kanemi Warriors FC of Maiduguri and took away valuables.
The team was attacked at the busy Bauchi – Jos Federal highway at Rijiyan Malam village.
The spokesman for the Bauchi State police command, Ahmed Wakili, confirmed the incident to Ripples Nigeria on Saturday.
He said: “At about 04000hrs, one Dahiru Bala, 65 years old, the Secretary of El-Kanemi Warriors FC of Maiduguri reported that at about 2000 hours, while they were returning from Jos, along Rijiyan Malam village in two buses and one Salon car, one of their buses was attacked by armed men who injured most of the occupants, robbed them of their money, mobile phones and valuables.
“When the incident happened along that road, we have three police divisions from Bauchi to Jos whom that is their areas of responsibility and it falls within their purview. We have Toro, Nabordo and Tilden Fulani Divisions. They were staying along Jos road. It falls within their purview.
“But my greatest surprise is that this matter was reported at the GRA Police Station here In Bauchi. After then, the players of the team were treated and they were discharged at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH).”
The club secretary, Dahiru Bala, confirmed the incident.
He simply said, “Yes, it happened.”
BY: Yemi Kanji