Daily Post Nigeria Published The governor said the proscription takes immediate effect. Ortom said the Benue State Volunteer Guards law which was enacted in 2000, was recently adopted for full enforcement by the state security council and other stakeholders. Governor Ortom said this while briefing journalists after a meeting with the State Commissioner of Police, State Director Department of State Security Service, Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Special Adviser on Security Matters, as well as Permanent Secretary, Bureau of Internal Affairs. Some members of the disbanded Benue State Vigilante Group were also present at the meeting. Benue State Volunteer Guards personnel who are to be recruited from kindred levels according to the Governor are mandated by law, to complement conventional security agencies in securing the state.