From Yakubu Mustapha, Minna
Niger State Governor, Alhaj Abubakar Sani Bello has launched the Niger Special Vigilante Corps (NSVC) aimed at checking the activities of youth gangs, especially in Minna.
Governor Bello launched the Special vigilante Corps who were drawn from nine different local security outfits at the Police Headquarters, Minna.
He pointed out that their area of responsibility is within Minna and its environs to tackle the violent activities of youth gangs in the state capital.
Bello said that the special vigilante corps is to compliment the manpower deficit of the conventional security agencies.
The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Adamu Usman said that the special vigilantes corps were trained in the last two weeks to curb youth restiveness in Minna, the state capital.
CP Usman commended the Niger State approach by empowering the police to train and supervise the activities of the Vigilante Corps.
