Due to wounds they got after a deadly altercation in the region, two kids from the Government Secondary School in Games Village, Bauchi State, are currently undergoing medical attention.
On Thursday, two students were stabbed as the students, who were supporters of competing European soccer clubs, were debating about which club was superior on the school grounds. The argument became heated and one of the students pulled a knife.
The chest of one pupil and his tights of the other were both stabbed.
An eyewitness, who saw the students when they were brought to the hospital, said: “I was about to enter the Federal Low Cost Primary Healthcare Center for a short get-well visit to a patient and I encountered the situation.
“The two boys were brought in drenched in blood for emergency treatment from the Games Village Junior Secondary School.
The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakili, confirmed the incident.
He said: “Today (Thursday) at about 16.45hrs, the Police Patrol team of the Command patrolling along Games Village cited a group of students of Government Secondary School, Games Village fighting among themselves.
“On inquiry, it was discovered that one Usman Suleiman Jahun aka Jan Gashi, 18 years old, SS3 student, they arrested him because he conspired with two others who are now at large to stab their colleagues with dangerous weapons.”
