‘How police officer, friends died one hour to wedding in Bauchi’

The Bauchi Police Command has been thrown into mourning following death of an officer identified as SP Mustapha Gumau and two of his friends in a fatal accident about an hour to his wedding scheduled last weekend.

The fatal accident occurred when SP Gumau was driving from Gumau to Magama, the venue for his wedding.

The accident occurred at Bargan-Tsamiya, a community a few kilometers away from Magama at 9 a.m., an hour before the time scheduled for the solemnisation of SP Gumau.

The Police officer was killed in the accident alongside his friends identified as Shuaibu Umar and Sulaiman Musa when their vehicles veered off the road.

The Bauchi State Police Command, through its Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, CSP Mohammed Wakil confirmed the incident.

The Command described the incident as most tragic and unfortunate.

He said, “The Command is in a mourning mood now, the late SP Mustapha Garba, the DPO was on his way to Magaman-Gamau to attend his wedding on Saturday. He was in the vehicle, a Mercedes Benz alongside three other people who were his friends. At a village, Bargan-Tsamiya, he lost control and his vehicle swerved to the other side of the road. In the process, had a collision with oncoming Opel Vectra.”

Wakil added that “on getting the information, the Commissioner of Police, CP Sani-Omolori Aliyu directed the DPO Toro to move to the scene of the incident to evacuate the victims to the General Hospital, Toro for medical attention.”

Ahmed Wakil added that, “At the General Hospital, a medical doctor confirmed them dead.

Their corpses have been released for burial.”