{"id":16210,"date":"2019-03-18T15:45:45","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T15:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=16210"},"modified":"2019-03-18T15:45:45","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T15:45:45","slug":"panic-in-bauchi-as-gunmen-kill-army-garrison-commander","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=16210","title":{"rendered":"Panic in Bauchi as gunmen kill Army Garrison Commander"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Military authorities in Bauchi were on Monday thrown into mourning following the killing of the Garrison Commander, 33 Artillery Brigade of Nigerian Army in Shadawanka Barracks, Bauchi, Col. Mohammed Barack by suspected gunmen.<br \/>\nThe killing which has brought panic to the city, could however not be ascertained if it was a case of armed robbery attack or assassination, although unofficial and unconfirmed sources said it could be by armed robbers.<br \/>\nThe incident which took place on Bauchi \u2013 Jos Road was said to have taken place on Sunday while the deceased was riding a power bike from Kaduna.<br \/>\nA source said, \u201cThe Garrison Commander of 33 Artillery Brigade of Nigerian Army (Shadawanka Barracks) Bauchi, Col. Mohammed Barack, has been shot dead. He was shot on Sunday along Jos Road, while on a power bike and was coming back from Kaduna. He is from Kano State.\u201d<br \/>\nAs of the time of this report, preparations are in top gear to convey his corpse to Kano for burial,\u00a0according to Islamic tradition, after the necessary military rites.<br \/>\nWhen contacted, the spokesperson of 33 Artillery Brigade, Major Yahaya Nasir Kabara, confirmed the incident saying, \u201cYes, it\u2019s true.\u201d<br \/>\nWhen asked to give details of what happened, he said \u201cCome to the Brigade because it is a matter that needs investigation;\u00a0investigation\u00a0is ongoing, I will get back to you when the finding is out. Let me communicate with my Commander, I will get back to you.\u201d<br \/>\nBut as of the time of this report, he had yet to get back.<br \/>\nBy <strong>The Punch<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Military authorities in Bauchi were on Monday thrown into mourning following the killing of the Garrison Commander, 33 Artillery Brigade of Nigerian Army in Shadawanka Barracks, Bauchi, Col. Mohammed Barack by suspected gunmen. The killing which has brought panic to the city, could however not be ascertained if it was a case of armed robbery [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":15334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16210\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}