The Benue State Government, on Thursday, approved the establishment of vigilante groups to combat the high rate of insecurity in the state.

Governor Samuel Ortom disclosed this when he briefed journalists on the outcome of the expanded stakeholders’ meeting held at the new banquet hall of the Government House.

Addressing journalists on the resolutions of the meeting, Ortom, who said renewed attacks on the people by armed herdsmen had overstretched security agencies, noted that the state government had decided to enforce “the law to provide for the establishment of community volunteer guards (vigilantes).”

He said the vigilantes would be constituted from the community to local government levels to complement the operations of conventional security agencies across the state.

Ortom explained that the recruitment process would commence immediately, adding that those to be recruited would be within the age range of 18 to 50 and mostly ex-service men.

The governor stated, “Those to be recruited are ex-service men and people from 18 to 50 years, and they must have stable sources of income and must have lived in their respective communities for a minimum of six years and they must be of impeccable characters and be loyal.

“All the vigilantes must carry weapons that are licensed so that anytime there is external aggression, they must be able to rise up to defend themselves.”

The governor said the state government has been mandated to support the vigilantes with logistics as provided in the law, adding that the recruitment of personnel should be carried out in the 23 local government areas of the state. The three socio cultural associations in the state, the Mdzough U Tiv Worldwide, Ochetoha, K’Idoma and Omini Igede passed a vote of confidence in the governor.

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Hope it will not backfire

Good News

Something you should have done a long time ago.

Baawaa:
Hope it will not backfire

Backfire how? Anything to protect the north from marauders

Nonsense!

Baawaa:
Hope it will not backfire

If its you, you wil fold your hands and trust the Nigerian force that is infilterated with terrorist sympathisers? He has no choice.

Better than never. This is long time expected. He took the bold step at last. God help him.

Buharis new parastatal for small arms control and military will prevent this

He's doing that now? After how many years of killings? Something he should have done since?

The gun vigilantes carry in my state is longer than them.

And merely looking at them you would know they are members of the defunct SARS..

Na now u dey wake up, u could have continued crying and wailing.

One by one, everybody go carry machete

ORTOM THE GREAT.

Baawaa:
Hope it will not backfire

Backfire to where.? ORTOM has captured BUHARI

CorperateDesign:
That is also a confident alternative.

ORTOM is wise.

DubaiLandLord1:
Something you should have done a long time ago.

Slow and steady wins the race. Ortom has taken those Times to warn F.G He is now arming himself against MADNESS.

peteregwu:
Better than never. This is long time expected. He took the bold step at last. God help him.

SUPPORTED.

Highly expected!
But I hope the same police and army that failed to protect the victims won't sabotage them.

FarahAideed:
Buharis new parastatal for small arms control and military will prevent this

NO. NEVER. THAT'S A BOKOHARAM PARASTATAL. IT'S THE REAL BOKOHARAM INSECURITY AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

Baawaa:
Hope it will not backfire

No be u. Of course you are praying it doesn't work.once any one rise up against herdsmen you become negative

Rugaria:
He's doing that now? After how many years of killings? Something he should have done since?

This is the Time.

They can even kill the chief terrorist called foolhari join as we all Care.

Rugaria:
He's doing that now? After how many years of killings? Something he should have done since?

This is the Time. And he has PLENTY OF SUPPORTS NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY NOW.

Ortom don finally get sense.

AnjolaDesign:
Hmmm let's watch as it goes

He will succeed against MADNESS.

GUNS? Is it not the same guns they will use in terrorising the people. When hunger strikes, they will use those same guns to rob the citizens

Good one from governor Orton.

So how is he going to be paying if for years he has refused to pay civil servants

So how is he going to be paying them if for years he has refused to pay civil servants