The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested 4 suspects in reference to a farmer-herder conflict in Guda Village, Ningi Native Govt House, which left a 40-year-old guy lifeless and homes burnt.
The incident befell on September 23, 2026, when 3 farmers reportedly found out farm animals belonging to a herder grazing on and destroying their plants on Guda Hill.
In keeping with a observation issued on Friday by means of the Police Public Members of the family Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, the farmers chased the farm animals to the herders’ agreement, the place a controversy broke out and escalated right into a battle.
“The 3 farmers sustained accidents right through the war of words,” the observation mentioned.
The police mentioned some youths from Guda Village due to this fact mobilised in retaliation and set fireplace to homes within the herders’ agreement.
Officials from the Ningi Department replied to the incident, restored normalcy and evacuated the injured to Normal Sanatorium Ningi for remedy.
Alternatively, one of the crucial injured farmers, recognized as Usman Jibrin, later died whilst receiving remedy.
The command mentioned the 4 suspects had been arrested on October 8 following intelligence-led operations.
They’re being investigated for felony conspiracy, inflicting grievous harm, mischief by means of fireplace and culpable murder.
The Commissioner of Police, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, has directed that the suspects be transferred to the State Felony Investigation Division in Bauchi for a radical and discreet investigation.
The observation quoted the commissioner as commiserating with the bereaved circle of relatives and those that misplaced belongings within the incident.
He confident citizens that nobody can be allowed to take the regulation into their very own fingers and pledged that justice can be served.
The police commissioner additionally advised citizens to include discussion and non violent coexistence, in particular between farming and herding communities.