By Maisaje mamuda:
Armed robbers have ambushed El-Kanemi Warriors Football Club team bus at Rijiyar Malam village along Jos-Bauchi road in Bauchi State, injuring many players and officials.
According to Reports, the team were travelling for a league match when the ugly incident occured.
Personal Assistant to the Technical Adviser of the Club, Suleiman Abdullahi, told newsmen that the incident occurred around midnight on Saturday, adding that the attackers were with machetes and sticks, where they robbed them of their belongings and valuables while more than ten players and officials were injured.
He said after the incidence ,the victims were rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital, Bauchi where they were treated and later reported the matter to the GRA Police Station in Bauchi and subsequently moved to Maiduguri.
Meanwhile, ,the Bauchi state Police Spokesman SP Ahmed Wakil has, confirmed the incident, through the Secretary of the Kanemi Warriors Football Club, Dahiru Bala..
SP Ahmed Wakil, said, officers and men from the tactical command have been given directives by the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Muhammad, to intensify efforts and arrest the perpetrators of the dastardly act.
The PPRO noted that the players who were robbed of their valuables can get in touch with the command through its rescue application with a view to tracking the stolen phones.
