By our reporter| Kebbi State governor, Atiku Bagudu on Saturday pledged to join local hunters to track bandits who invaded the Federal Government College in Birnin Yauri, and abducted some students and teachers on Thursday.
Bagudu who stated this on Saturday, when the local hunters in the state paid him a visit,
said as soon as he gets security clearance from troops, he’ll join the hunters on the field.
In a statement by Yahaya Sarki, his spokesman, Bagudu said if politicians can mobilise thousands of persons during campaigns, it isn’t out of place to lead field operations to ensure safety of residents.
“We will go out there, and like I promised, the day we will move out, I will not be in the office because we will join you on the field. Also, other governors will leave their people so that we’ll meet on the field,” Bagudu was quoted to have said.
“It is the will that bad people cannot triumph, and we will show that we have enough willpower.
“President Muhammadu Buhari and the security agencies have been doing the best they could with limited resources. But we also need to mobilise, kit ourselves and take on these bandits.
“Our various scriptures as Muslims and Christians allow us to put our lives at risk in defence of our honour, property, and our faiths. In what the bandits are doing, they have challenged all these. So, we can’t let them.
“What happened in Birnin Yauri should be the last straw. We should follow these bandits wherever they are and take them on.”
Governor Bagudu commended security agencies, management of the school, and vigilantes for their combined efforts in trying to rescue the abducted students.
In his response, leader of the hunters in Gwandu emirate, Hassan Muhammad promised that the hunters would do their best to secure the release of the remaining abducted persons.
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