Residents of Rafin Tambari, behind Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, ATAP, Bauchi, efficiently repelled theft attacks on Tuesday, killing two suspects within the course of.
The fleeing gunmen have been reportedly unfortunate, as the residents disarmed them and fought again throughout the attacks.
A resident who witnessed the incident advised DAILY POST that the robbers met their downfall whereas making an attempt to rob a Level-of-Sale, POS, operator round 7:30 pm.
In line with him, “We have been on the mosque for Isha’i night prayers after we heard individuals shouting ‘robbers, robbers’. We rushed out. We noticed individuals operating as the armed males fired sporadically into the air.”
Usman, one of many residents on the scene, narrated additional: “The residents mobilised rapidly and caught one of many robbers, who was overwhelmed to demise by the mob. One other was mistakenly shot within the leg by his fleeing colleagues, who thought he was a resident.”
DAILY POST gathered that the injured suspect was then attacked by the group earlier than police personnel arrived to rescue him. He was rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa College Instructing Hospital, ATBUTH, Bauchi, in a coma.
One other resident stated the theft was the primary of its type within the space, given the lively neighbourhood safety association. He counseled the immediate police response, noting that it mirrored the alertness of the Bauchi State Police Command, which had been missing in earlier years.
In the meantime, the State Police Command confirmed the armed theft assault at Rafin Tambari, a settlement alongside Bauchi-Jos Highway, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025.
Confirming the incident, the Command spokesperson, CSP Mohammed Ahmed Wakil, stated in a phone dialog with DAILY POST: “A misery name was acquired from a great Samaritan on November 18, 2025, round 8:00 pm. It reported an armed theft at a POS store owned by Yahaya Isiaka Adams, 33, of Rafin Tambari.”
He added that one Aminu Mohammed Usman, 38, of the identical handle, was shot in the fitting leg. Appearing on the report, the Commissioner of Police, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, directed officers from B Division, GRA, to the scene, the place the sufferer was evacuated to ATBUTH for remedy.
The police spokesperson disclosed: “The robbers made away with N570,000 however deserted N275,000 whereas fleeing. Two of the suspects have been attacked by a mob; one was confirmed lifeless by medical doctors, whereas the opposite is in coma at ATBUTH.”
“One Peugeot 206, black in color, belonging to the robbers, registration quantity KUJ 604DF, chassis quantity UF82GNF8OG, was recovered. Three empty 6.32mm shells, a cell phone, a knife, a small bag containing a pistol, and a baton have been additionally recovered on the scene.”
CSP Wakil additional stated: “The Commissioner of Police has instructed officers in GRA Division to accentuate efforts to apprehend the remaining accomplices concerned within the theft.”
Conventional leaders in Rafin Tambari, nonetheless, appealed to the federal government to supply the native vigilante group with the mandatory assets to forestall additional attacks by armed criminals following the assault on a POS vendor and a provision store within the community.
The village head, Malam Musa, stated the vigilante group urgently wants mobility and higher gear to reply promptly to such incidents. He added that the assault uncovered the vulnerability of poorly geared up vigilantes, as the suspects arrived armed and opened fireplace to intimidate residents.
One other community chief, Malam Muhammadu Mamman, additionally referred to as on the federal government to intervene and strengthen safety within the space.
In line with the POS vendor, Yahaya Isiaka, the suspects stormed his store and demanded cash. After accumulating N100,000, certainly one of them ordered him out, ransacked the store, and took all remaining money and his cellphone. He stated the robbers fired photographs when residents shouted for assist, hitting Al’amin Muhammad Usman earlier than fleeing.
Community members pursued them, overpowering one suspect, who was later overwhelmed to demise, whereas one other fleeing suspect dropped the stolen money and cellphone as he ran.
Additionally briefing DAILY POST, the Commandant of the Rafin Tambari Vigilante Group, Musa Nasiru, defined that the suspects arrived in a black Peugeot 206 and parked by the roadside. By the point vigilantes reached the scene, residents had already subdued one of many attackers.
He added that police have been promptly notified and evacuated each the corpse and the injured suspect, together with the car used within the operation.
