| Country: | Nigeria |
| Details of Formation: | Vigilante groups first received government support in 1984 and thereby became a PGM. Government support was re-affirmed in 2011 and 2012 and coordinated at supra-state level with the governments of Niger, Kogi, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Benue and the Federal Capital Territory. |
| Details of Termination: | -- |
| Purpose: | The government supported the militia so that it can assist regular armed forces in resolving the domestic security situation. The militia was supposed to integrate the local and traditional social structures into security provision. |
| Organisation: | The militia received assistance from Plateau’s police command and became subordinated to the army in 2011. |
| Weapons and Training: | No information. |
| Size: | No information. |
| Reason for Membership: | No information. |
| Treatment of Civilians: | No information. |
| Other Information: | The Plateau state promised every support and assistance to the existing vigilante group and their purpose crime prevention, which suggest the Plateau state vigilante group is armed. |
| References: | Information was taken from news sources listed in the PGMD. |