The Gombe State Police Command has confirmed that a gang of armed robbery suspects killed a lecture and a Cameroonian at Kashere junction on the Gombe-Kumo Road.
This was contained in a statement issued by DSP Ahmed Usman, the command’s spokesman, in Gombe on Monday.
The statement stated that the incident occurred at about 11:45pm on Sunday.
It named the lecturer as Malam Sulaiman Umar of the Department of Arabic Studies, Federal University, Kashere and the Cameroonian as Malam Zainab Mahmuda, without giving further details.
The statement stated that the suspected robbers were about eight in number, adding that investigation into the incident had commenced.