A group, the Igbo Youths for Positive Change, has dismissed reports of the presence of Ebubeagu operatives in Anambra State.
The group was reacting to a statement credited to the Indigenous People of Biafra claiming that the Anambra State Government had engaged the services of Ebubeagu as part of its “secret” security outfit.
While addressing journalists in Awka on Saturday, the group’s National President, Chinedu Obigwe, said the Ebubeagu issue was a complete falsehood being spread by IPOB for reasons best known to it.
Obigwe insisted that there was nothing like Ebubeagu in Anambra and urged the people to go about their normal lawful activities without any fear.
He pointed out that the internal security outfit in existence in the state was the Anambra Vigilante Group and not Ebubeagu.
According to him, the Anambra Vigilante Group is saddled with the responsibility of community policing and empowered and equipped to be able to combat the menace of unknown gunmen terrorising the state.
Obigwe said, “The claim that Ebubeagu security operatives are in Anambra is not true and should be disregarded by sane minds.
“The only thing Governor Chukwuma Soludo did was that he empowered and equipped them to be able to combat the menace of the heartless unknown gunmen terrorising our beloved state.
“In all honesty, the Anambra Vigilante Group, in conjunction with our security agents, has done marvellously well in the fight against hoodlums masquerading as unknown gunmen in Anambra. They have succeeded in taming them.
“IPOB allegation against Anambra Vigilante Group and security agents operating in state is a cooked up lie that cannot be substantiated.
“The Anambra Vigilante Group and our security agents deserve to be commended for the good job they have done and not for vilifying them unjustly.”
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