Bandits have killed at least 21 people and displaced several families at the Gwana district of Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State, as the traditional leader of the community said the bandits were forcing residents to abandon their homes
Penpushing reports that in a repeated attack, a resident of the Mansur community Isah Suleiman in one of the affected towns disclosed that hundreds of families had fled their homes after the bandits killed many people and rustled livestock.
The resident emphasized that the attacks had been occurring almost daily, a development never witnessed before in the community, adding that last week attack claimed the lives of a police officer and a vigilante responding to distress calls from villagers.
“As I speak with you, I am in my house (the palace) among the displaced persons taking refuge.18 people reported how their loved ones were killed in the recurring attacksThe authorities need to do more in addressing the escalating violence by raiding the bandits’ hideouts in the rocky terrain”, Suleiman said.
“We don’t have anyplace to go because even our great-grandparents were born in this area, and the bandits are bragging that no amount of force can stop them when they plan an attack in Bauchi or neighbouring Gombe State’, he added
Penpushing further reports that the resident said the attackers ambushed vigilantes patrolling Mansur, Digare, and Yalo farming communities near an oil field in Alkaleri local government area, stressing that the attacks are causing panic in the farming communities where the people were preparing for the planting season.
The lawmaker representing the area in the House of Representatives, Hon Kabir Yusuf, the bandits on May 3, 2025 massacred 19 villagers, including nine members of a vigilante group, at Sabon Sara village
Penpushing also reports that he, however, moved a motion for urgent intervention in the farming communities in Bauchi, explaining the attackers in same vein destroyed properties worth millions of Naira and rustled about 200 cows.
The federal lawmaker said the criminals are believed to be hiding in Madam Forest and called for the urgent attention of security agencies to dislodge them.
Penpushing reports that Bauchi State Police Command Public Relations Officer Ahmed Wakil, said earlier that the command had deployed personnel to check the marauding terrorists in the Gwana District
Meanwhile, the police spokesperson in a statement added that police were patrolling Duguri, Mansur, and the Dajin Madam Forest bordering Bauchi and Plateau states.
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