“Bandits are overwhelming us”- Bauchi Gov cries out

From Paul Orude Bauchi

Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed has pledged to give maximum support to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Operation Command to wipe out bandits in the state.

Mohammed gave the assurance when Air Vice Marshal E. E Effiong, the Officer Commanding Special Operation Command NAF, Bauchi, paid him a courtesy call at Government House, Bauchi, on Thursday.

The governor lamented recent activities of bandits in Toro, Ningi, Alkaleri and Tafawa Balewa local government areas of the state.

He was optimistic that the joint operation by the Special Operation in collaboration with other security agencies would end bandits’ incursion in the state

“This visit is very significant because I have always been looking forward to meeting them,” he said.

“The Special Operations has been doing do well in terms of air surveillance,” he stated.

“We have been almost overwhelmed by the preponderance of insecurity elements here and there by virtue of their operations in parts of the country.

“Bauchi State is gateway to seven states and all the regions of the north, and so we are always having all these runaways that are coming here”

The governor said his administration has established a robust relationship with the NAF Special Operations, the police and other security agencies to address banditry.

“It is only auspicious for us to meet them (Nigeria Air Force) and thank them and give them our unalloyed support,” he stated.

He reiterated his commitment to make sure that security agencies in the state get all support to succeed in the task ahead.

“What they are doing is much beneficial to us as an agrarian state where the people depend on subsistence farming,” he stated.

“If we don’t farm then we don’t have any source of living so we must make the farms and the roads are free of any insecurity”