The Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has disclosed that he and others in his government are ready to sacrifice their lives for the people to live.
He also announced the donation of about N100 million to the families of slain vigilante group members in the state.
PUNCH Online had reported that armed bandits ambushed members of the vigilantes’ group in the Bauchi state border communities.
According to a press release by the state’s Police Public Relation Officer, Ahmed Wakil, on 4th May 2025, stated that a combined team of professional hunters from Duguri and Gwana District, while on a routine patrol along Duguri, Mansur, and the Dajin Malam forest bordering Bauchi and Plateau states, encountered an ambush by armed bandits.
The confrontation resulted in numerous casualties on both sides, leading to the death of the vigilantes.
Bala, during a condolence visit to the communities, expressing his sympathy, described the tragic period as a test and that the sacrifice of the vigilantes is a show of chivalry and courage.
“We are here on behalf of the government and the people of Bauchi state to commiserate with this community.
“The community of Alkaleri, especially Gwana, Yelwa Duguri, Duguri and some parts of the Bauchi Local Government.
“Despite their superior fire power, we were able to contain them through these young and able-bodied vigilantes and security agencies, “he said.
He pledged that the state government, through the vigilante organisation will recruit about 2,100 before the end of the year.
“We are starting immediately with three to five hundred employments so that we will be able to give you work to do, and we are starting with the communities that were the worst hit.
“And you are going to be trained by the security agencies.
“We are going to interact on the rules of engagement that will be acceptable so that there won’t be any extrajudicial killings, “he stated.
