A National Youth Service Corps member, Jennifer Elohor, has recounted her harrowing experience with suspected members of the Anambra State Vigilante Group, who allegedly broke into her residence, assaulted her, and forcefully took her and her colleagues away.
Elohor narrated her ordeal in an interview with media personality, Aprokoking, on Wednesday.
She said the incident occurred on July 13 at around 5 p.m., at the lodge where she and her colleagues were staying.
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According to her, they were indoors when they heard an “aggressive knock on their door.”
“At first, we thought it was our neighbours’ door because it’s a three-storey building with several flats. But the knock became louder and more aggressive, so I decided to check. Before I could reach the door, it was kicked open,” she said.
Elohor explained that a masked man armed with a gun stormed into the room without any form of identification or uniform.
“At first, I thought it was an armed robber until he ordered all of us to come outside. I tried to explain that we were corps members and even suggested showing our NYSC identity cards. My colleagues also presented theirs, but the men ignored us,” she recounted.
She stated that the intruders ransacked their room, seized their phones and laptops, and became violent.
“They pushed us downstairs, almost shoving me down the staircase. They kept asking what gave me the right, as a woman, to challenge them. It was when we got outside that we saw their vehicle and discovered they were from the Anambra Vigilante Group,” she said.
She further claimed that when they requested to call their lodge proprietor or NYSC officials to notify them of where they were being taken, the vigilante members became more brutal.
“They beat me, tore my clothes, and even hit one of my colleagues with an iron rod for pleading on my behalf. They forced me into their vehicle, pressing my neck, slapping me, and threatening to smash our phones if we contacted anyone,” she said.
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In a video that went viral on Tuesday, security operatives armed with guns were seen storming a corps members’ lodge.
Despite the corps members showing their identification cards and uniforms, the operatives accused them of being internet fraudsters.
The video showed the operatives “beating the female corps member despite her cries for help.”
The attack, which “triggered outrage” on social media, prompted many Nigerians to condemn the actions of the vigilante group and demand justice.
In response to the public outcry, the Anambra State Government announced that those responsible for the assault have been identified, arrested, and detained.
The government also disclosed that the operatives involved have been sacked.
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