Senator representing Bauchi South senatorial district, Shehu Umar, has vowed to take appropriately lawful measures to curtail what he described as inhuman actions of safety hunters within the state.
“Such undesirable killings on harmless individuals by the so-called safety outfit in Bauchi popularly often called hunters wouldn’t be condoned beneath no matter guise”, the Senator stated.
Senator Umar was talking on Saturday whereas consoling a family in Zaranda village whose 35-year-old son, Abubakar Yahaya, was allegedly gunned down just lately by the hunters.
Late Yahaya who was in charcoal enterprise that has been banned by the Bauchi State authorities, was allegedly apprehended earlier than he was killed by members of the safety outfit.
Senator Umar stated, “They have been on their lawful enterprise of promoting charcoal, and it was in the midst of doing their reputable enterprise once they have been attacked by these hunters.”
He added, “They have been attacked by a gaggle of militia led by any person referred to as Umaru Shayi. They have been attacked and killed, and I got here to the village to commiserate with the individuals of Zaranda.”
Umar who was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Nationwide Safety and Intelligence defined that he wouldn’t indulge the incident of killing individuals lawlessly, saying “I’ll take up the matter to the suitable authority.”
It could possibly be recalled that the Bauchi State Police Command just lately stated a charcoal vendor was arrested by members of a quasi-security outfit, the Nigerian Hunters Forestry and Safety Service and it resulted in “sporadic firing” by the hunters, inflicting the blockage of the freeway.
An announcement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmed Wakil, stated subsequent interviews with native residents revealed that the blockade of the freeway highway was a results of the arrest of a charcoal vendor by members of the safety outfit.
In keeping with him, the incident led to the accidents sustained by Abubakar Yahaya, 35; Hussaini Yunusa, 20, and Yayangida Hussaini, 16, all from Zaranda Gari village through Toro LGA.
“They have been promptly taken to the Main HealthCare Heart Zaranda Gari, the place sadly, Abubakar Yahaya succumbed to his accidents.”
He stated the Command has taken management of the scenario to conduct an intensive investigation and apprehend these accountable for this unprofessional conduct.
