The Adamawa state
government has opted to train and enlist the services of 10,000 local hunters,
vigilantes and civilian JTF in liberating towns captured by the Boko Haram
insurgents .
The government has
agreed to train the local hunters to change their perception , so that they
would execute their duties according to the rule of engagement.
As part of efforts to
fortify the trouble areas in the state against the onslaught of the
Islamist extremists, the government has agreed to deploy the services of the
local hunters.
The state governor, Mr
Bala James Ngilari , on Monday made the disclosure through his spokesman, Mr PP
Elisha, shortly after an emergency meeting with security chiefs in the state.
Elisha
declared that at least 10,000 hunters will be enlisted in the scheme as
members of the local vigilante known as the Civilian JTF, to fortify the towns
and aid the security forces in dislodging the Islamist sect, Boko Haram.
He tatted that the
group would be called ‘’Civilian JTF ‘’ and saddled with the
responsibility to assist law enforcement agencies in their job of providing
security to the society.
"That is why they
sometimes join the military at the check points,” he explained. “This does not
give them a licence to take laws into their hands by harassing or arresting
innocent members of the society.’
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