Adamawa to Train 10,000 Hunters to Tackle Boko Haram

The Adamawa state government has opted to train
and enlist the services of 10,000 local hunters,
vigilantes and civilian JTF in liberating towns
captured by the Boko Haram insurgents .
The government has agreed to train the local hunters
to change their perception , so that they would execute
their duties according to the rule of engagement.
As part of efforts to fortify the trouble areas in the
state against the onslaught of the Islamist
extremists, the government has agreed to deploy the
services of the local hunters.
The state governor, Mr Bala James Ngilari , on
Monday made the disclosure through his
spokesman, Mr PP Elisha, shortly after an emergency
meeting with security chiefs in the state.
Elisha  declared that at least 10,000 hunters will be
enlisted in the scheme as members of the local
vigilante known as the Civilian JTF, to fortify the
towns and aid the security forces in dislodging the
Islamist sect, Boko Haram.
He tatted that the group would be called ‘’Civilian
JTF ‘’ and saddled with the responsibility to assist
law enforcement agencies in their job of providing
security to the society.
"That is why they sometimes join the military at the
check points,” he explained. “This does not give them
a licence to take laws into their hands by harassing
or arresting innocent members of the society.’