The Edo State Government has commenced a two-week training for over 1,500 hunters and personnel of the Edo State Vigilante Security Network on weapons handling and intelligence gathering.

Addressing journalists at the Police Training College, in Benin City, the Coordinator, Edo State Security Network, retired Colonel Kole Oshoriamhe Omomia, said the training, in its second batch, is aimed at bolstering the government’s efforts at combating crime in the State.

The trainees, according to him, were drawn from Edo Central and Edo South Senatorial districts.

The first batch of the training was organized for 574 other operatives and hunters from Edo North Senatorial district.