Residents of Anchau town in Kubau Local Government Area, Kaduna State, have taken a daring step of resisting invasion of their farmlands by armed bandits.
The group, largely comprising of angry youths, confronted the heavily armed bandits despite being shot at by the insurgents.
A viral video of the confrontation showed the youths, armed with stones, sticks, and other items, charging towards the suspected bandits who could be seen retreating after failing to disperse the mob.
The clip had since attracted mixed reactions from netizens as some commended the bravery of the residents while others decried citizens resort to self-defence in the face of heightened insecurity across Nigeria.
“Kudos to the youth of this community. The terrorists are truly cowards.”@KSebutu
“This is what the communities should be doing,than demonstrating,crying or asking for help from military or government.Resist the devil and he will flee.”@ChidixI
“Innocent people are now doing the job of our military men.
Tinubu has reduced our military to Zero”@Quantum1149
“Na now we don deh ready for this country
They used religion and tribe to divide us so they can penetrate our country”@mrroy26
“This is the only solution. If the government is not capable to secured the citizens then the citizens would secure the government through confrontation.”@DanielxNelson
“Since your so-called president and government couldn’t give their people the common social amenities, which is security”@OrjiChinechere5
“I love what I’m watching right now💯👍, OPERATION DEFEND YOURSELF, the Total of bandits/Terrorist in Nigeria can’t be up to 1% of Nigerians, then if 99% can face and attack their hide out, these criminals will be a thing of the past, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!”@Justme_StarQ
“The security forces who are paid to do this job have failed so the citizens has do it themselves.
Army, Navy, Police etc. what they know how to do is carrying guns and following politicians and guarding their compounds. At the end of the month they collect salary.”@ZiganubariD
“How come this bandits are freely seen and yet our security agencies can not do anything about it? It’s obvious the Nigerian state under Tinubu knows about these criminals and why they’re only trying to keep them at bay and not tackle the problem head on”@kamsjifa
“This is such a pity, neglected by the government, citizens are left to deal with terrorists with bare hands while the government claims to have “spent* billions of dollars on the military. Govt officials cruise around and continue enjoying the largese of office unbothered”@Jajaokonta