{"id":94930,"date":"2023-08-25T09:01:34","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T08:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bauchi-gov-implores-naf-to-go-after-bandits-terrorising-four-lgas"},"modified":"2023-08-25T11:17:03","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T10:17:03","slug":"bauchi-gov-implores-naf-to-go-after-bandits-terrorising-four-lgas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-gov-implores-naf-to-go-after-bandits-terrorising-four-lgas","title":{"rendered":"Bauchi Gov implores NAF to go after bandits terrorising four LGAs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed has decried the spate of kidnappings in the State.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Operation Command to intensify its surveillance in the four affected Local Government Areas.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor identified the flash points areas as Toro, Ningi, Alkaleri and Tafawa-Balewa LGAs<\/p>\n<p>There have been incessant kidnappings in some parts of the State, targeted at peasant farmers who are now afraid of going to their farms.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed made the plea when Air Vice Marshal E. E Effiong, the Officer Commanding Special Operation Command NAF, Bauchi, paid him a courtesy call at the Government House, Bauchi, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed optimism that the joint operation by the Special Operations in collaboration with other security agencies would end bandits\u2019 incursion in the state<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been almost overwhelmed by the preponderance of insecurity elements here and there by virtue of their operations in some parts of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBauchi State is the gateway to seven states and all the regions of the north, so we are always having all these runaways that are coming here,\u201d the Governor stated.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated his commitment to make sure that security agencies in the State got all the support to succeed in the task ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat the NAF are doing is very beneficial to us as an agrarian State where the people do subsistence farming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we don\u2019t farm then we don\u2019t have any source of living, so we must make the farms and the roads free of any insecurity,\u201d he stated,<\/p>\n<p>Earlier speaking, AVM E.E Effion assured the Governor of the NAF support and contributions for the growth and development of the State and Nigeria as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>He appreciated the contributions of the State government towards the safety of its citizens, calling on the citizens to continue to provide them with maximum support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed has decried the spate of kidnappings in the State. He appealed to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Special Operation Command to intensify its surveillance in the four affected Local Government Areas. The Governor identified the flash points areas as Toro, Ningi, Alkaleri and Tafawa-Balewa LGAs There have been [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":94929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,463,898,254],"class_list":["post-94930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-bauchi","tag-naf","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bauchi Gov implores NAF to go after bandits terrorising four LGAs - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bauchi Governor, Bala Mohammed has decried the spate of kidnappings in the State. 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