Vigilante groups in Emohua local government area of Rivers State are to be reposition for effective service delivery.
To this end, members of the dissolved vigilante group in the area will undergo fresh profiling and reorientation by government security agencies in the state.
Senior Special Assistant on security to the chairman of Emohua Local Government Area, Mr Emmanuel Okogbule made this known after a meeting with heads of security Agencies and special security units at the council secretariat .
Mr. Okogbule said the profiling of members of the vigilante groups will enable the security agencies to fish out those hiding under the guise of the groups to perpetrate crime and criminality in the area.
The meeting which was also attended by heads of the suspended community vigilante groups, was held to review the security situation of the area following the alleged involvement of some members of the vigilante groups in criminal activities in the area.
The leadership of the different vigilante groups also agreed to the setting up of a taskforce made up of the different security agencies to monitor further activities of members of the vigilante groups.
The Chairman of Emohua Local Government Area, Mr Tom Aliezi, who presided over the meeting reassured residents of the area of his administration's commitment to sustain the already existing peace and security in the area.
Mr. Aliezi also said his administration will not relent in providing necessary logistics support to the different security agencies in the area.
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