Following the rate of insecurity in the country, the Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN) yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Bill for National Community Policing and Vigilante Protection Corps into law.
When signed into law, VGN said the document would mainstream community policing in the country’s security architecture, and give its members greater room for participation in the fight against insecurity.
Commending the National Assembly for the swift consideration and passage of the bill, VGN’s Commandant-General, Navy Captain Umar Bakori (rtd), described the proposed law as a piece of legislation that conforms to global norms and standards.
Bakori, who briefed reporters in Abuja said: “The aim of interaction is to appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari, to give his accent and sign this bill into law.
“From the Northeast and Northwest where Boko Haram terrorism, kidnapping and cattle rustling is common to the Northcentral with kidnapping and banditry, Southsouth, Southeast and Southwest where kidnappings, street gangsters, cultism and other forms of criminality are prevalent, the Vigilante Group has consistently played a complementary role and provided the much-needed intelligence backbone to the police and the Nigerian Armed Forces.
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