A female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Jennifer Elohor, has recounted a brutal attack by Anambra vigilante operatives, known as Agunechemba, at a corps member’s lodge in Oba, Idemili LGA.
The incident, which occurred on 13 July 2025, was captured in a viral video showing armed operatives storming the lodge, accusing corps members of Internet fraud despite knowing their identities.
Elohor described how the masked vigilantes broke into the building, assaulted her and her colleagues, ransacked their rooms, and seized their devices, even ignoring their NYSC ID cards.
She revealed that she was slapped, pushed, and had her clothes torn, while one colleague was hit with an iron rod. Victims were forcibly taken away in a vigilante vehicle.
The attack has drawn widespread condemnation from civil society, human rights groups, and lawmakers, prompting the Anambra State Government to issue a public apology. Eight operatives responsible for the assault have been identified, sacked, arrested, and detained, according to Ken Emeakayi, Special Adviser on Community Security and head of Agunechemba.
Emeakayi stressed that while the vigilante group was created to support policing in communities, some members have acted outside the law. He reaffirmed the government’s commitment to justice, accountability, and reforms to ensure community policing in Anambra is safe, professional, and human rights-compliant.
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