8 Bauchi Residents Imprisoned For Thuggery

Chief Magistrate Court 3 has convicted eight persons arrested for thuggery and disturbance of public peace in Unguwar Dim, Bauchi metropolis.

The accused were convicted after pleading guilty to the charges brought against them.

On October 14, 2026, the Bauchi State Police Command received a complaint from the Peace and Security Committee of Unguwar Dim over the resurgence of thuggery activities in the area.

Following the complaint, a combined team of operatives from the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), the patrol team of ‘D’ Division and members of the Peace and Security Committee stormed the suspected hideout of the hoodlums on October 15, 2026.

In a statement issued yesterday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib, he said nine persons were arrested during the operation.

Eight of them, identified as Abubakar Saddik Abdullahi, a 30-year-old, of Unguwan Mai Kafi; Hassan Abdulmumini, a 24-year-old, of Unguwar Dim; Mu’ab Alhassan, a 19-year-old, of Unguwan Mai Kafi; Ismail Sabo Usman, a 19-year-old, of Unguwar Dim; and Usman Sani Sulaiman, a 22-year-old, of Unguwar Dim, alongside three others were charged to court.

During the trial, all the eight accused pleaded guilty to the charges.

The court subsequently convicted and sentenced each of them to eight years’ imprisonment, with an option of a fine of N370,000 each.
Reacting to the judgement, the commissioner of police, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, described the judgement as a testament to effective police-community partnership and the criminal justice system’s resolve to address thuggery.

He reiterated the command’s commitment to sustaining operations to tackle thuggery, breaches of public peace, and other violent crimes across the state.