The Yobe State Government has distributed 160 bikes and other operational items to 886 forest guards deployed to help 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 circumstances 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 further safety help 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 power multiplier that will improve the operational effectiveness of the forest guards.
He mentioned the bikes would enhance mobility, prolong patrol protection and strengthen speedy response to safety threats, notably terrorism, banditry and other prison actions within the state.
He urged the forest guards to make considered use of the tools, notably the bikes, consistent with the needs for which they had been supplied.
The brigade commander assured residents that the army and other safety companies had been working to enhance safety throughout the state.
He additionally appealed for extra help to strengthen operations and allow residents to perform their every day actions with out worry.
Earlier, the governor’s Security Adviser, Brigadier General Dahiru Abdulsalam (rtd), mentioned Yobe was allotted an preliminary batch of 1,000 forest guards beneath 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 beneath the Nigerian Army.
Abdulsalam mentioned the personnel had been deployed to varied places in March 2026 beneath the mentorship of the army, notably the 27 Task Force Brigade.
He defined that the forest guards had been established to assist safety companies sort out prison actions in forested areas and ungoverned areas utilized by insurgents, kidnappers and other criminals.
The safety adviser counseled Governor Buni for the help however appealed for extra communication tools, surveillance units for intelligence gathering and reconnaissance, and autos for administrative duties and patrols.
He additionally known as on the governor to approve the recruitment of one other 1,000 forest guards to strengthen the power and prolong its operations to other components of the state.
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