Briefing journalists at the Benue Peoples House Makurdi shortly after a meeting state commissioner of police, state Director, Department of State Security Service, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Special Adviser on Security Matters, as well as Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Internal Affairs, Ortom howver clarified that some members of the disbanded Benue State Vigilante Group could be enrolled into the new security outfit in the state.
He said the Benue State Volunteer Guards which law was enacted in the year 2000 and recently adopted for full enforcement by the state security council and other stakeholders, would be constituted and the personnel to be recruited from kindred levels, are mandated by law, to complement conventional security agencies.
“I charge members of the disbanded Vigilante group interested in joining the Community Volunteer Guards to go to their kindreds to be properly enrolled. The Senior Special Assistant on Security, Simon Iwar will oversee the new formation with the active supervision of Security Adviser”, Ortom said.
