Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, has deployed 124 personnel to secure all licensed ranches in the state.

Its Commandant, Philip Ayu, said the deployment was aimed at preventing as well as curtailing possible conflicts between farmers and herdsmen in the state.

Ayu said the state had already successfully launched its Agro Rangers Unit to guarantee peaceful coexistence among the rural dwellers.

“We have provided all the required needs to our personnel to enable them to discharge their primary assignment without any hindrance,” he said.

He said the command would continue to be proactive in dealing with any form of security threat in the state, saying the personnel had been given operational orders on how to ensure the arrest and prosecution of all those found wanting.

Ayu solicited the support of traditional rulers in the state in the area of sensitisation of the people, especially with regards to volunteering of useful information that would assist the field officers in apprehending criminals.