In its bid to intensify its fight against insurgency, the Adamawa State government has said it would procure more arms for 150 local vigilantes.

According to the state’s commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ahmad Sajoh, the decision followed a recent suicide attack in Mdagali.

He said the state will assist the new batch of 150 “with stipends and ammunition for their locally-made dane guns.

“The vigilantes, who include hunters, have been assisting in the fight against Boko Haram, and these men will be drawn from Madagali, the town hit by bomb blast on Friday.

“They know the terrain like their fingertips, and are capable of outmaneuvering the terrorists,’’ said the commissioner.

Some attacks in the state had reportedly been thwarted by the vigilante group.

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