Speaking in Hausa, in a short video clip circulated on the web, at the Public Engagement, 2025 Citizens Budget Participation Process and Launching of Community Development Programme held in Daura, Katsina, Governor Radda called on citizens to actively resist bandits and protect their communities.
He stated, “If you check all the bandits in Katsina State, you will hardly find 700 guns in their possession. But the residents will hear and watch the malnourished bandits chasing away over 1000 residents and people will run and hide under their beds.”
Governor Radda said, “The prophet of God said do not give them [bandits]. Even if they kill you, they will go to hellfire.”
“Nothing is more painful than seeing someone having sexual intercourse with your daughter in your presence. There are some embarrassments that are better if you die than experience it.”
He urged communities to be proactive in their defense by highlighting the fact that, “Any village where the bandits know that they are well prepared and can protect their community against bandit invasion they will always pass when they are around the axis without attacking the locals.”
He insisted that “Anytime or whenever 10 bandits attack a community and the locals come out in their hundreds, if they kill three people, the community should be able to arrest whoever survives.”
Futhermore, he said “I swear to God almighty it is a responsibility of the clerics to educate the general public on the teachings of the prophet of God Peace and Blessing of God be with Him about who want to forcefully seize your property, that of your loved ones or someone close to you.”
“What did the prophet of God teach? He said do not give them. And he asked the prophet what if he killed me he said he believed in God and if I killed him he would go to hellfire” he corroborated.
He concluded by saying, “We have to stand up and be a man to protect ourselves. Anytime or whenever 10 bandits attack a community and the locals come out in their 100s if they kill three people the community should be able to arrest whoever survive.”
He encouraged the people, “They are liars, they are more afraid of death than us. Their (bandits) aim is to scare people, why will we allow them to scare us for nothing?”