Congo Rusha community of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State has dismissed members of a vigilante group of the area for their involvement in the sale of hard drugs in the area.
The community thereafter constituted a fresh vigilante group.
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The community told Daily Trust that they took the decision after realising the danger some of the members of the dismissed vigilantes were posing in the area.
While disclosing the development Sunday in Jos, the community leader, Victor Kwara Chasu, said members of the community realised that the vigilantes were participating in the sale of hard drugs such as heroin, codeine, Indian helm among others.
“These are people who we initially thought would help in eradicating criminality in the community but later realised that they were aiding criminal activities in the area.
“They are involved in the sale of all kinds of hard drugs in the community and it is a threat to us.
“Anytime you raise an alarm, you become an enemy of the culprits. This time, we will no longer tolerate it. We have to fight criminality from all aspects.
“We have informed the Nasarawa Gwong Police Division about the development and they support our decision.
“We believe that the new members of the vigilante would do better, “ the community leader said.
Speaking on the development, the youth leader of the community, Simon Markus Adamu, said they would work assiduously to support the new group and ensure that the sale of hard drugs and other criminal activities became a thing of the past in the area.
