Security: Disguised Vigilante Operatives Arrested in Onitsha
Some fake Vigilante Operatives
have been arrested and are currently being interrogated by the Department of State Services, DSS says, the Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG).
The public relations officer of the Anambra local security outfit, AVG, Mr. Nweke Nweke disclosed in a press release noting they are being questioned on their source of arms after they were apprehended in Onitsha.
Nweke said: “There has been news on social media on the arrest of people wielding pump action guns in Onitsha, Anambra State a few days ago, alongside some staff of the State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS).
“The impersonators posed as the personnel of the AVG, causing the AIRS to engage their services. Luck ran against them when members of the tricycles union in Onitsha who have been the victims of the impersonators apprehended them and handed them over to the AIRS Director of Operations team, headed by Dr. Christian Madubuko.”
“If they are real, why didn’t they contact our office when they were apprehended. But because they knew they are fake, they resort to making their way to the press, aimed at causing disaffection between the AVG, the general public, and as well, the State government,” he added.
He, however, called on the members of the public to discard the media reports aimed at tarnishing AVG’s image.
The local security also urged members of the public to report anyone working to discredit the group to their office or the nearest police station for prompt action.
Pushing for a thorough interrogation, the group appealed to the DSS to arraign the impersonators in court, as this would serve as a deterrent to others
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