Benue govt dismantles illegal checkpoints, warns BSCPG against misconduct

The Benue State Government has dismantled several illegal checkpoints across the state and arrested members of the Benue State Civil Protection Guards (BSCPG) manning them.
The operation was carried out on Tuesday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Security and Internal Affairs, Joseph Har.
He was accompanied by the State Commander and other senior officers of the Benue State Civil Protection Guards (BSCPG).
The operation targeted multiple checkpoints along the Makurdi–Otukpo road.
He acted after noting the proliferation of roadblocks on roads in the state and to verify their legality, in line with the directives of Benue State Commissioner of Police that roads should not b...