Police in Bauchi state have arrested 32 suspects in relation to the ethno/religious crisis that characterized the elections of new executive to the Students Union Government, SUG, at the College of Education, Kangere.
The elections, which were held on Wednesday, however took a different chaotic dimension amidst its progress, which led to the postponement of the polls to avert further breakdown of law and order.
But the development resulted to a protest by what the Bauchi police described as “hoodlums”, who blocked Bauchi-Gombe highway.
The state’s police public relations office, Haruna Mohammed said “Following the postponement, hoodlums and misguided elements in their hundreds from the school and neighboring Community went on rampage and blocked Bauchi- Gombe Federal highway harassing innocent Citizens.
“However, before the arrival of the Police to the scene the military had already dispersed the rioters and arrested thirty two, 32, suspects.
“Police Patrol Teams have been deployed to the Area, normalcy was restored in the school and the road blockage opened to enable free flow of traffic.”
Mr Mohammed, a police superintendent, said eight persons have sustained various degrees of injuries and were rushed to Specialist Hospital Bauchi for treatment, while the arrested suspects have been handed over to the police for before being charged to court.
