The Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), Taraba State Command, has dismissed claims of a reconciliation between alleged factions of the organisation in the state, describing the reports as misleading and fraudulent.

In a statement signed by its Acting State Vice Public Relations Officer, Suleiman Aliyu, the command alleged that some individuals had been visiting VGN offices, claiming that two factions existed within the organisation and had recently reconciled.

The command said there was no faction within the VGN at either the federal or state level, stressing that the organisation remained one indivisible body.

It also stated that the individuals were not recognised as leaders, officers or members of the VGN in Taraba State or elsewhere.

“The individuals and their associates had been restrained and barred from claiming leadership or membership of the organisation by subsisting court judgments,” the statement read.

According to the command, the court judgments recognise Usman Muhammad Jahun as the Commander-General of the VGN at the national level, while ACG Bello U. Arabi remains the State Commander of the organisation in Taraba.

The command further alleged that the purported reconciliation claims were being used to solicit or collect money from unsuspecting VGN members and members of the public.

It urged VGN members, sister security agencies and the general public to disregard representations made by the individuals or anyone acting on their behalf regarding the organisation’s leadership or any purported factional reconciliation in Taraba.

The command also directed its officers and members across the state to remain vigilant and promptly report any alleged activities, solicitation or movement involving the individuals or their associates.

Such reports, it said, should be made to the nearest police station or the VGN State Headquarters at T.H.U., Hammaruwa Way, Jalingo, Taraba State.