The Emohua local government council in Rivers State, has set up a new security outfit, Emohua Vigilante Service (EMOVIS) to work in synergy with the Nigerian Police and other security agencies to ensure peace and security in the area.
Members of the security outfit, who were nominated by the various communities within the council and profiled by the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS), will not bear arms.
Speaking at the inauguration of EMOVIS as well as the commissioning of its operational headquarters at Emohua on Wednesday, the council chairman, Dr. Chidi Lloyd, said the outfit was created to assist security agencie, after OSPAC, a known vigilante group, failed in its duties.
“On assumption of duty in June 2021, we observed to our chagrin that the security situation in the local government area needed urgent intervention in order to avoid a total relapse to anarchy.
“The existing contraption, as it then was, OSPAC, which was initially designed to cut the excesses of cultism in the area, later became a major source of challenge.
“There were several reports of breaches of our security in the same local government area, where OSPAC had been adopted to bring about peace and tranquility.
“It was observed that the few communities that didn’t have OSPAC were enjoying relative peace than those that had OSPAC, because they adopted their own local policing,” he added.
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