Abductions: 15 states enlist 50,000 vigilantes against kidnappers

 

Abductions: 15 states enlist 50,000 vigilantes against kidnappers


In a move to push back the rampaging kidnappers and bandits operating freely across the country, 15 state governors have assembled no fewer than 52, 106-man vigilante squads to battle the hoodlums.

Officials in Delta, Kano, Plateau, Sokoto, and 11 other states told The PUNCH that their governors had cobbled together a coalition of vigilantes, hunters, and neighbourhood watch groups to complement the police and other security forces.

Scores of Nigerians have been abducted across the country in the past weeks, with the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Lagos, and some other states coming under the abductors’ siege.

Though the authorities deployed troops and police operatives, this did not alleviate the security challenge.

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