{"id":8401,"date":"2025-08-21T16:40:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=8401"},"modified":"2025-08-21T16:40:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T16:40:54","slug":"called-me-prostitute-threatened-to-shoot-nothing-will-happen-ananmbra-corps-member-recounts-vigilante-ordeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/08\/21\/called-me-prostitute-threatened-to-shoot-nothing-will-happen-ananmbra-corps-member-recounts-vigilante-ordeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Called me prostitute, threatened to shoot Nothing will happen\u2019 \u2014Ananmbra corps member recounts vigilante ordeal"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A National Youth Service Corps member, Jennifer Elohor, has recounted her harrowing encounter with suspected members of the Anambra State Vigilante Group, who broke into her residence, assaulted her, and forcefully took her and her colleagues away.<\/p>\n

Elohor, who narrated her ordeal in an interview with media personality Aprokoking, shared on Wednesday, said the incident occurred on July 13 around 5 p.m., at the lodge where she and other corps members were staying.<\/p>\n

According to her, she and her colleagues were indoors when they heard an aggressive knock on their door.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, we thought it was our neighbours\u2019 door because it\u2019s a three-storey building with several flats. But the knock became louder and more aggressive, so I decided to check. Before I could reach the door, it was kicked open,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Elohor explained that a masked man armed with a gun stormed into the room without any form of identification or uniform.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt first, I thought it was an armed robber until he ordered all of us to come outside. I tried to explain that we were corps members and even suggested showing our NYSC identity cards. My colleagues also presented theirs, but the men ignored us,\u201d she recounted.<\/p>\n

She stated that the intruders ransacked their room, seized their phones and laptops, and became violent.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey pushed us downstairs, almost shoving me down the staircase. They kept asking what gave me the right, as a woman, to challenge them. It was when we got outside that we saw their vehicle and discovered they were from the Anambra Vigilante Group,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She further claimed that when they requested to call their lodge proprietor or NYSC officials to notify them of where they were being taken, the vigilante members became more brutal.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey beat me, tore my clothes, and even hit one of my colleagues with an iron rod for pleading on my behalf. They forced me into their vehicle, pressing my neck, slapping me, and threatening to smash our phones if we contacted anyone,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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That was when they started beating me, asking what gave me the right to question them. They said they would smash our phones if we called anyone. They beat me, tore my clothes. One of my colleagues was pleading on my behalf, but they hit her with an iron rod.<\/p>\n

\u201cI requested to change into new clothes, but they refused and tossed me into the vehicle. They slapped me, called me a prostitute. They threatened to shoot me and toss my corpse in the bush. They picked nine of us, all corpers,\u201d Elohor added. They took us to their secretariat in Oba.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0In a video that went viral on Tuesday, the operatives armed with guns stormed the corps members\u2019 lodge, accused them of being internet fraudsters despite showing their identification cards and uniforms.<\/p>\n

The operatives were seen\u00a0beating\u00a0the female corps member despite her cries for help.<\/p>\n

The attack has, however,\u00a0triggered outrage\u00a0on social media, with many Nigerians condemning the actions of the vigilante group and demanding justice for the victim.<\/p>\n

Following the outrage, the Anambra State Government stated that those responsible have been identified, arrested, and detained. It also disclosed that the operatives involved in the assault have been sacked.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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