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, said the state government had also covered the victim’s medical bills, replaced her damaged valuables, and tendered a public apology to her family and the NYSC.
Emeakayi explained that the operatives, who claimed they were in pursuit of suspected cultists, acted outside their mandate and would be handed over to the police for further investigation and prosecution.
