By Peter Duru, Makurdi
Bothered by the spate of armed herdsmen attacks on Benue communities, leaders and stakeholders of the state have resolved to recruit ex-servicemen and able-bodied young men to form the new Benue Community Volunteer Guards.
This was part of the resolution reached Thursday in Makurdi at the end of the enlarged stakeholders/security meeting of leaders of the state drawn from across socio-political and religious groups in the state.
Reading the resolutions of the meeting, Governor Samuel Ortom hinted that the meeting resolved to establish the Guards to complement the efforts of the overstretched conventional security agencies.
He explained that that members of the Guards who should be recruited from the community to local government levels would be allowed to carry legally recognized weapons to defend themselves against external aggression in the course of carrying out the duty of protecting their various communities.
Part of the resolution read “Benue…
Source: Vanguard Newspaper
