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Security: AIG Zone 5 sets up police vigilante group in Edo

Mr Nwazue said the vigilante group, known as the Edo State Police Vigilante Group (ESPVG), was constituted to help the police in its information-gathering process.

• November 11, 2024
Arungwa Nwazue
Arungwa Nwazue [Credit: Daily Post]

The Assistant Inspector-General (AIG) of Police in charge of Zone 5, comprising Delta and Edo police commands, Arungwa Nwazue, has constituted a new vigilante group in Edo.

This is contained in a statement by SP Tijani Momoh, the zonal police public relations officer (ZPPRO) in Abuja on Monday.

Mr Nwazue said the vigilante group, known as Edo State Police Vigilante Group (ESPVG), inaugurated on Monday, was constituted to help the police in its information-gathering process.

He also said it would collaborate with the police to ensure watertight security.

According to him, their operational modalities will be released in due course.

The AIG advised state residents to cooperate with the police and the new vigilante group for utmost policing.

The former vigilante group in the state was disbanded by the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, in the twilight of the September 21 governorship election.

(NAN) 

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