A suspected bandits gang has attacked a community in Bauchi State and killed a 40-year-old farmer, Usman Jibrin, and destroyed several properties causing massive unrest in the area.
Jibrin sustained injuries and later died while receiving medical intervention in a hospital following a confrontation that reportedly escalated after a cattle belonging to a herder destroyed crops on a farmland, leading to a clash between residents in the area and the bandits.
The state’s Police command on Friday stated that the incident occurred on September 23, 2026, at Guda Hill and a nearby herders’ settlement in Guda Village, Ningi Local Government Area and added that it arrested four suspects in connection with the violence.
The Command’s police spokesperson, Nafiu Habib, held that the crisis started when three farmers allegedly found cattle grazing on their crops.
They reportedly pursued the animals to the herders’ settlement, where an argument broke out and developed into a physical confrontation that left all three farmers injured.
The situation worsened when some youths from Guda Village allegedly mobilised in retaliation and set fire to houses in the herders’ settlement.
Police officers attached to the Ningi Division responded, restored order and took the injured farmers to General Hospital Ningi for treatment. However, Jibrin later died from his injuries.
Following investigations, police operatives arrested four suspects through intelligence-led operations.
The suspects are being investigated for alleged criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, mischief by fire and culpable homicide.
The Commissioner of Police in Bauchi State, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, ordered the transfer of the suspects to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Bauchi for further investigation.
Aliyu expressed condolences to Jibrin’s family and sympathised with residents whose properties were destroyed during the violence.
He also cautioned residents against taking the law into their own hands, assuring them that the police would pursue justice in the case.
The police commissioner urged farmers and herders to settle disagreements through dialogue rather than violence, stressing the need for peaceful coexistence to prevent further loss of life and destruction of property.