Bauchi: Bandits kill 1, injure 2 in Alkaleri LGA | Tellwell Newspaper
From Ahmad Saka, Bauchi
Bandits, over the weekend, killed one person and injured two others in Garin Sambo and Mansur communities in Gwana district of Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
Commiserating with the affected communities, Governor Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir of the state announced his administration’s plan to establish a strong vigilante group to tackle bandits who have been kidnaping and killing residents across communities in the state.
Mohammed said that his administration was investigating reports that some members of the security and traditional institutions were collaborating with bandits to carry out kidnappings for ransom.
The Governor, who was accompanied by the Commssioner of Police, other top security chiefs in the state, and government functionaries, visited one of the attacked communities, Garin Sambo, where bandits killed one person and injured two others in a failed kidnap attempt.
A resident of Garin Sambo village, Yakubu Sabo, told journalists that the bandits stormed the village at about 1am on Friday with the intention of kidnapping one Idi popularly known as ‘Bobi’ who is a commercial bus driver.
Failing on their bid, he narrated further, they killed one person and injured two others who are presently receiving treatment at the General Hospital in Futuk.
The residents of the community called on the government to come to their aid, disclosing that the marauding bandits hide within the hills and forest surrounding the village.
