By Praise Chinecherem
The Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG), says it has arrested some persons impersonating them in Onitsha, the commercial city of the state.
Public Relations Officer of AVG, Mr Nweke Nweke, in a press release, stated that the fake security personnel were being interrogated on their source of arms.
Nweke had recently hinted that some pump-action-rifle-wielding men were impersonating the security outfit and carrying out nefarious acts in their name.
He 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.”
Nweke further revealed that the arrested operatives were currently being interrogated by the Department of State Services, DSS, calling on members of the public to discard media reports aimed at tarnishing the AVG’s image.
“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.
Nweke further urged residents to report those working to discredit the group to their office or the nearest police station for prompt action, just he enjoined DSS to thoroughly interrogate impersonators and arraign them in court to serve as deterrent to others.
