By Awesome Ekene
Anambra Vigilant Group (AVG) has said that one Enediong Bassey ‘M’, aged 25 years, arrested by the 3 3 Police Division with a pump action rifle wrapped in a bag of rice at Nkwelle – Ezunaka axis was not engaged nor captured as a member of the grassroots security outfit’s system in the State.
AVG Head of Operations, Chief Chinenye Ihenkor who made the clarification in a statement, dusting the claim credited to the alleged fake vigilante man as contained in a press release from the State AVG’s spokesperson, Nweke Nweke thanked the police for apprehending the suspect.
He urged the police to put the suspect in proper interrogation aimed at mentioning who engaged him as a vigilant member.
“All the members of the State local security outfit were duly screened and captured in the system for easy identification. Okpompi, as he is fondly called by his admiring members of the public, said.
He challenged the suspect to mention the unit that engaged him, describing Enediong Bassey as a common criminal commissioned to tarnish the reputation of the AVG.
Welcoming the directive given to the Anti-Robbery Squad by the Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam’s to conduct comprehensive investigation cum interrogation, the AVG Head of Operations vowed to assist the police in any way they may need his services in unraveling who made the vulture the king of animals.
“There is no doubt that we may have some dubious elements among our members, but I want to make it clear that we don’t hesitate to deal decisively with anyone caught working against the rule of his engagement. It is also clear that no security formation can boast of 100% dubious free of its staff, but the rule is there to punish the erring ones, AVG inclusive.”
“At this trying period the AVG is assisting the police and other security operatives in the fight against the men of the underworld; the facts remain that the criminal elements may disguise as any of the security personnel to smear the image of a particular outfit,” Okpompi added.
Okpompi concluded by promising that the AVG would maintain a standard in line with the principles of community policing especially in the areas of assisting the Police and other security agencies on anti-crime operations to improve safety in the State.
