The Benue State Community Volunteer Guards (BSCVGs) have again apprehended three armed robbery suspects at the boundary between Opkokwu and Ogbadibo, Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
The suspects that were apprehended by operatives of the BSCVGs, include, Audu Godwin, aka Hazard, Sunday Destiny and Ameh John aka, Aboki.
The robbery incident took place at about 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday when members of the BSCVGs were on patrol along Odoba Hill and got wind that armed robbers were operating at the border of the two LGAs.
Sources in the area said the robbers had concluded the robbery operation and had barely left the scene, when members of the BSCVGs went after the suspects, apprehended them, and handed them over to the Police.
The State Commissioner for Water Resources, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Odoh Ugwu, who hails from Ogbadibo LGA, commended the bravery of the operatives of the BSCVGs in tackling insecurity in the area and indeed, the state.
He said, “The role of members of the BSCVGs, under the present leadership of Austine Enejor, has made tremendous successes and needs to be commended.”
Meanwhile, speaking to newsmen in Makurdi on Thursday, Special Adviser to Governor Hyacinth Alia on Security and Internal Affairs, Chief Joseph Har, has confirmed the incident.