Operatives of the newly formed Anambra Vigilante Service, popularly known as Agunechemba, are extorting road users across the state, a civil rights group, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, Intersociety, has claimed.

This is coming days after the organisation also accused the security outfit of killing no less than 40 persons extra-judicially since its establishment.

In a statement made available to DAILY POST on Thursday, the group claimed that its field officers discovered operatives of the Agunechemba extorting N200 from motorists at various checkpoints.The statement was signed by Chinwe Umeche, Head, Democracy and Good Governance Program, Intersociety, Chidinma Evangeline Udegbunam, Head, Campaign and Publicity, Obianuju Joy Igboeli, Head, Civil Liberties and Rule of Law and Emeka Umeagbalasi, Board Chair.

The organisation claimed in the report that “the incurable bane of the personnel of the Nigeria Police force and the Armed Forces (military) on Nigerian roads, particularly across the South-East and the South-South have been spotted and identified as one of the modus operandi of the operatives of the newly renamed Agunaechemba Vigilante Group, to the extent that such were recently spotted by the Intersociety field volunteers in at least five different locations along Nnobi, Ichida, Awka-Etiti, Igboukwu, Uga and Umuchu road axis.

“The checks specifically took place between January 30 and 31, 2025, during which the operatives of the new dreaded outfit were sighted mounting roadblocks and forcing motorists to part with N200 notes per motorist/per trip.

“The security implications of such corrupt practices on crime detection and apprehension of suspected criminals and their criminal properties are very far-reaching.



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