Bauchi Police Warn Youths Against Thuggery, Cybercrime

Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, has issued a stern warning to the state's youth, urging them to resist exploitation by politicians and criminal elements for political thuggery and cybercrime. The warning came during an event organized by the Bauchi State Police Command to mark International Youth Day under the theme "Different Contexts, Common Aspirations" and the slogan "My Future Is Greater Than Political Thuggery."

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We have formally launched a long overdue campaign, a campaign to reclaim the promise of our youth from the clutches of political and digital thuggery.

The police command formally launched a campaign aimed at reclaiming the youth's future from the grip of political and digital thuggery. Aliyu emphasized that young people are not the problem but the solution, possessing the potential to be innovators, entrepreneurs, leaders, and custodians of the future. He highlighted that certain individuals exploit young people's vulnerabilities, using them as instruments for violence and societal disruption.

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Our youths are not the problem; they are the solution. They are the innovators, entrepreneurs, leaders and custodians of tomorrow.

The campaign intends to educate youths on the perils of political and digital thuggery, empower them to recognize their inherent potential, and foster their active participation in community safety and national development. This initiative will be sustained through the Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices and extended to communities across Bauchi State.

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The security of our state and the future of our youth is a shared responsibility. The police cannot do it alone. We need the support of parents, teachers, religious leaders, traditional rulers, community stakeholders and, most importantly, the youths themselves.

Aliyu stressed that the security of the state and the youth's future are shared responsibilities, requiring the support of parents, teachers, religious leaders, traditional rulers, community stakeholders, and especially the youth themselves. He urged them to be the architects of their own destiny, refusing to be used as "cannon fodder" for political violence or to let the lure of quick money from cybercrime ruin their futures. Assistant Commissioner of Police Muhammad Ahmadu also advised youths to become responsible role models, identifying economic hardship, desperation for quick money, peer pressure, and lack of positive role models as factors making them vulnerable to exploitation.

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You are the architects of your own destiny. Do not allow anyone to use you as cannon fodder for political violence. Do not allow the allure of big money from cybercrime to destroy your future.