Due to an increase of insecurity in the country, the Commander General of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Dr. Usman Muhammed Jahun visited Taraba State on the 3rd-4th of June 2021 in continuation with his states working tour to the 36 states of the federation.

Kidnapping, cattle rustling, farmers/herders clashes among other crimes have been a great challenge in Taraba like some other states in the country, causing citizens to be afraid of exposing their identity, living freely, as well as slowing down activities of the economic growth and individuals across the state.

Addressing Officers and Men at the state headquarters of the VGN in Jalingo, the CG. Dr. Usman Jahun said the visit was aimed at to meet with them and find out the security challenges in the state.

He added that his visit was also to sensitize and strategize with members of the VGN in the state on the increasing issues of insecurity bedevilling not only Taraba but Nigeria as a whole.

“Nigerians should not lose confidence on security agencies as Nigeria has not suffered high cases of insecurity and insurgency in the past years as it is somewhat new and because of that the VGN is making a head way to tackles this issue.” Jahun assured.

According to him, the federal government is playing a vital role in funding the security agencies in Nigeria, noting that security is not only the responsibility of the government but is everybody’s concern.

“The issue of security should not be left  for the security personnel alone, their need for the community, individuals and people of all professions including you the Journalists to be part of it.” He emphasized.

The VGN Commander General, Dr. Usman Jahun commended Governor Darius Ishaku for his effort of ensuring peace and security in the state and urged him to provide them a big office and other working tools to complement their efforts in assisting other security agencies in the state.

“Look at the office they are using, they work day and night, they suffered and sometimes gets injured but all this things no matter the zeal and passion you have for the job if you are not getting support one day you will loose hope because we are humans, therefore, i am urging the Taraba State government to look into the plight of our members as they are doing a lot in curbing insecurity in the state.” Jahun stated.

He also commended the Taraba State Command of the VGN for their hard work and commitment to the Service to humanity and requested for their presence in their numbers at the upcoming gathering in Abuja, where they are going to the villa to ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari sign the bill establishing VGN into law.

“I urge you to make sure you gather many of your members from here to Abuja on that day, because we are not going to leave Aso Rock until the President sign our bill into law, there some people that we are working with but they don’t want our progress but all we know and believe is that God is with us and by his grace we are going to get it.

“If our men are empowered and we’ll equiped, the Police can even go and sleep because we know and even the public knows our capability” Said Jahun.

Commenting on the relationship between the VGN and our security agencies, the CG stated that there is a very strong synergy with other law enforcement agencies across the country that comprise the military, Police, DSS, NSCDC and they are working hand in hand in curtailing security challenges facing the nation.

Commandant of Adamawa and his counterpart of Bauchi state who were among the entourage of the CG, in their separates remarks encouraged VGN officers and men in Taraba to continue with the good work they are doing and expressed hope that there will be more VGN members in the state years to come.

Mrs Sarah, an officer of the VGN who was also among the entourage of the CG, encouraged women in the state to join NVG as mothers with a view to render their support in the fight against insecurity.

“We women, we are mothers and the criminal activities that most of our children engaged themselves in, is not our wishes, so being women we have a lot of advantages more than the men in having access to places that we can gather information that will assist the security in fishing out such bad elements in our societies” Sarah added.

She informed that, there will be a Gender training that the NVG will organize next year and urged her fellow women members from Taraba state not allow themselves to be left behind by not attending.