The Yobe State Government has distributed 160 bikes and other operational items to 886 forest guards deployed to assist safety operations throughout the state.
The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr Muhammad Goje, introduced the distribution on Tuesday, saying the items had been meant to enhance the working situations and operational capability of the personnel.
The items embrace 900 raincoats, 900 pairs of rain boots, 900 blankets, 900 torchlights and 900 mosquito nets.
Goje mentioned the intervention was made on behalf of Governor Mai Mala Buni to present extra safety assist and strengthen the safety of lives and property within the state.
The Commander of the 27 Task Force Brigade, Buni-Gari, Brigadier General M.S. Mukhtar, described the donation as a pressure multiplier that may improve the operational effectiveness of the forest guards.
He mentioned the bikes would enhance mobility, lengthen patrol protection and strengthen fast response to safety threats, notably terrorism, banditry and other felony actions within the state.
He urged the forest guards to make even handed use of the gear, notably the bikes, according to the needs for which they had been supplied.
The brigade commander assured residents that the army and other safety businesses had been working to enhance safety throughout the state.
He additionally appealed for added assist to strengthen operations and allow residents to perform their every day actions with out concern.
Earlier, the governor’s Security Adviser, Brigadier General Dahiru Abdulsalam (rtd), mentioned Yobe was allotted an preliminary batch of 1,000 forest guards underneath a Federal Government pilot scheme.
He mentioned the recruits had been drawn from seven frontline native authorities areas: Gulani, Gujba, Damaturu, Tarmuwa, Bursari, Yunusari and Geidam.
According to him, 886 personnel efficiently accomplished their coaching in December 2025 earlier than present process additional coaching underneath the Nigerian Army.
Abdulsalam mentioned the personnel had been deployed to varied places in March 2026 underneath the mentorship of the army, notably the 27 Task Force Brigade.
He defined that the forest guards had been established to assist safety businesses sort out felony actions in forested areas and ungoverned areas utilized by insurgents, kidnappers and other criminals.
The safety adviser recommended Governor Buni for the assist however appealed for added communication gear, surveillance units for intelligence gathering and reconnaissance, and autos for administrative duties and patrols.
He additionally referred to as on the governor to approve the recruitment of one other 1,000 forest guards to strengthen the pressure and lengthen its operations to other elements of the state.
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