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At least 600 vigilantes in Katsina State are undergoing special training on arm combat and other detective work to ensure effective community policing in all parts of the state.
The training was organised by the state government under the supervision of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Training College, Katsina.
It’s aimed at complementing the efforts of conventional security forces in combatting the immerging security threats such as banditry, kidnapping, and other associated crimes in the state.
The Special Adviser to the Governor on Security Matters, Ibrahim Ahmad, who flagged off the training program on Wednesday at the NSCDC Training College, Katsina announced that the state government is targeting to train at least 3,000 vigilante corps before the end of the year.
He explained that similar training was conducted by the police where the first batch of 500 vigilante corps was trained recently, bringing the total of those trained to 1,100…
