July 11, 2026

The mud structure, which currently serves a population of 4000 residents and nine surrounding villages, is the place where suspects arrested for banditry, kidnapping, and armed robbery, are held before their transfer to larger police divisions.

A dilapidated, mud-built police outpost in Garunguɗinya, Babura Local Government Area of Jigawa State, is currently calling for attention as infrastructural deficit plagues security outposts in the North-West zone.

The mud structure, which currently serves a population of 4000 residents and nine surrounding villages, is the place where suspects arrested for banditry, kidnapping, and armed robbery, are held before their transfer to larger police divisions.

Notably, Babura is the hometown and local government area of the immediate past Minister of Defence and former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar.