Final year ATBU student stabbed to death by robbers while trying to retrieve his girlfriend’s stolen handbag – Bauchi Police
Final year ATBU student stabbed to death by robbers while trying to retrieve his girlfriend’s stolen handbag – Bauchi Police
The Bauchi State Police Command has disclosed that a 500-level student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Agbaidu Joseph, was stabbed while trying to retrieve his girlfriend’s handbag from some unknown assailants.
The final-year Geology student died in the hospital after he was attacked by assailants on Saturday, December 2, 2023, in the Yelwa area of the Bauchi metropolis.
The victim was rushed to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi for medical treatment where he was confirmed dead by a doctor on duty.
The incident sparked a protest among students of the institution who came out in their numbers at the Yelwa campus to express their anger at the inadequate security in the area.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday, December 6, said the deceased was with his girlfriend, Philomena Ahobee, a 28-year-old student of Abubakar Tatari Polytechnic (ATAP) Bauchi, when the assailants snatched her handbag containing her mobile phone.
The PPRO added that when the deceased tried to retrieve his girlfriend’s bag, they stabbed him on the left side of his chest with a sharp knife.
“Commissioner of Police Bauchi State Command, CP Auwal Musa Mohammed received in audience the leadership of two students bodies(NUBAS and SUG) in his office at the State Command Headquarters, their visits were prompted by the recent incident which occurred on 02/12/2023 where some unknown persons, numbers not ascertained, snatched a handbag containing a mobile phone belonging to a lady one Philomena Ahobee, ‘f’ 28yrs a student of Abubakar Tatari Polytechnic (ATAP) Bauchi, as a result of which her boyfriend Agbaidu Joseph, ‘m’ aged 28yrs of Anguwan Ngas who is a student of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, tried to help her to retrieve the handbag containing the phone. The assailant(s) stabbed him on the left-side of his chest with a sharp knife,” the statement read.
“The victim was rushed to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi for treatment but he was certified dead while on admission by a medical doctor.
“While addressing the CP, the leadership of the students union kicked against the violent protest by some erring students of the university. They applauded the CP for his swift response and for nipping it in the bud with the violent protesters.
“The students leaders presented a letter of request to the Commissioner of Police soliciting more security presence around their communities.
“In his response, the Commissioner of Police began by observing a minute of silence in honor of the deceased.
“While accepting the letter, the CP assured them of the deployment of the Intelligence and operational asset of the Command to the affected areas. He also ordered the posting of more personnel and patrol vans for constant visibility patrol in the area.
“The Commissioner of Police, reiterates that the basic obligation of the police is to protect the lives and properties of the citizens, excessive use of force to quench violence is not the only last available option to a police officer in matters of conflict and crisis resolution.
“He said that in the process of policing society, certain “unavoidable problems” come to the fore, saying that even at such, there is a need for utmost demonstration of professionalism.
“Right cannot be fought through violence but by way of reconciliation,” he emphasized.
“While lamenting that it was wrong for the students to have taken laws into their own hands in a matter that only the higher institutions and other relevant stakeholders can adjudicate, thereby creating a vacuum for unscrupulous persons to highjack the protest and turn it into a violent one leading to a confrontation with the school authority.
“The Commissioner of Police further encourages residents of the state to remain law-abiding, be vigilant, and promptly report suspected criminals and their activities to the police as the command is committed to lasting peace.
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Auwal Musa Muhammed psc assured that efforts are being intensified to apprehend the culprit(s) that perpetrated the inhumane dastardly act on the deceased and further assured that Justice will be served unfailingly.”
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