The Anambra State Government has dismissed
eight vigilante operatives who assaulted a serving female member of the
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Miss Edema Jennifer Elohor, in
Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state.
The Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on Community
Security, Ken Emeakayi, who disclosed this in Awka on Wednesday, stated
that the state had also covered the victim’s medical bills, replaced her
damaged valuables, and tendered a public apology to her family and the
NYSC.
According to Emeakayi, the operatives, who claimed they were in pursuit of
suspected cultists, acted outside their mandate and would be handed over
to the police for prosecution.
But when contacted for confirmation on whether the dismissed operatives
had been transferred to police custody, the state Police Public Relations
Officer, Superintendent of Police, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, did not respond to
calls or messages sent to him as of the time of filling in this report.
In a related development,the wife of the Anambra State Governor, Nonye Soludo, said she has
contacted the corps member assaulted by the state’s vigilance operatives,
Udo-ga-chi, Jennifer Elohor, to sympathise with her over the unfortunate
incident.
Soludo disclosed this to journalists in Awka, on Wednesday, saying she
had invited her to the New Government House for a meeting on how to
resolve the issue with a view to comforting her and ensuring the incident
did not traumatise her.
