How mother was kill by bandits while protecting my sibling -Bauchi resident0.
By Abdullahi Idris,Bauchi
A young woman in Bauchi State has given a touching account of how her mother was brutally killed by bandits while preventing the abduction of her son.
Halima, who described her 52 year old mother, Maryam Mohammed as a heroine, said the bandits struck their community Sabon Gari Jada in Alkaleri Local Government Area at about 6pm on Tuesday evening.
“They were shooting sporadically,” she said, with tearful eyes.
The bandits, according to the council Chairman, Yusuf Garba, infiltrated the state through neighbouring communities in Plateau and Taraba States, attacking and killing four people in some communities in Bauchi.
“Everybody was afraid. They got to our house and dragged my elder brother Yaya, and tried to abduct him but my mother wouldn’t let them,” Halima said.
She said her mother took a pestl6 from the kitchen and fearlessly attempted to prevent the heavily armed bandits to let go of her son.
“She was brave. They were 11 of them that entered our house. They tried to kiill my brother by shooting him.
When they didn’t succeed, they decided to take him away but my mother refused
Halima said her mother broke the arm of one of the bandits and she was shot before fleeing.
She said they inflicted heavy injuries on her brother Yaya before fleeing Sabon Garin Jada.
Governor Bala Mohammed visited the community on Saturday to sympathise with residents of communities attacked by bandits.
Mohammed described the slain Maryam, a mother nof eight children as a hero who died to save loved ones saying she would not be forgotten for her rare sacrifice.
He decried the activities of bandits in the state of recent, saying the Government would not fold itd hand and watch the state being overrun by them
The governor charged everyone citizen in to join hands with security agencies and the government to prevent bandits from operating in any part of the state.
