The Anambra State Government has sacked several members of the Udo Ga Chi vigilante group after they assaulted and stripped a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Jennifer Edema Elohor.
Naijaonpoint reports that the incident, captured in a viral video, showed the operatives pointing pump-action rifles while attacking her.
Prince Emeakayi, Special Adviser on Homeland Security to Governor Chukwuma Soludo, confirmed the dismissals and condemned the operatives’ behaviour.
He described their actions as unpatriotic and not reflective of the intended security duties of the Agunaechemba unit of Udo Ga Chi.
The government stated that it is ready to hand over the former operatives for prosecution once the police request it.
It also stated that the state is working with the police to train vigilante members on proper security management, with each operative carrying an identification number on their uniform.
“The action of the security operatives are condemnable, and, as such all the operative involved in that despicable action of stripping the NYSC member naked have been disengaged from the state government’s vigilant service.
“Whenever the state police command is ready for their prosecution, as a government we will produce them,” Emeakayi said in an interview on Arise TV on Tuesday morning.
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