Vigilante member dies from accidental discharge
By Davies Iheamnachor A member of OSPAC, a local vigilante group in Ubima Community, Ikwerre Local Government Area, Rivers State has accidentally shot himself dead. The OSPAC member simply identified as Mr. Elemchukwu was said to have shot himself last Thursday when his gun accidentally got discharged while trying to climb on his motorcycle. The […]
Court remands farmer for allegedly killing vigilante commander
A Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered that a farmer, Fidelis Ogah, 26, who allegedly killed a vigilante commander, be remanded in a correction facility, pending legal advice. The police charged Ogah, who lives in Akwete Akpa village in Oturkpo L.G.A Benue with criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. Magistrate Joy Ayia, did not take the plea […]
Amotekun is same as Vigilante Group, we’re on it — Kogi govt
Meantime, following the commencement of Amotekun, the Kogi State government said it would strengthen its own borders to avoid infiltration by external forces
Police: Vigilante leader kills 3 suspected kidnappers in Adamawa
By Umar Yusuf – Yola As the spate of kidnapping continues unabated in Adamawa, the state Police Command has confirmed the killing of a strong vigilante leader, Haruna Ngamjego and three suspected kidnappers at Kenje Village in Jada Local government Area of the state. Spokesmen of the command, DSP Suleiman Nguroje told newsmen in Yola […]
Abia govt. to recruit additional 340 personnel for vigilante services
Mr Dan Okoli, the Commissioner for Homeland Security in Abia says the state government will recruit additional 340 personnel for Abia Vigilante Services (AVS) to nip crime in the bud in the state. Okoli, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Monday, said that there were […]
Makurdi varsity VC decries cult related attacks on off-campus students
…..engages local vigilante to check menace By Peter Duru, Makurdi The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, FUAM, Prof. Richard Kimbir has decried the spate of cult-related attacks on students of the university residing outside the campus of the institution. Prof. Kimbir said, “such attacks have continued to challenge our administration but we […]
