Labour Party’s candidate in the upcoming Anambra governorship election, Dr. George Moghalu, has urged the federal government to step in over what he described as repeated cases of brutality carried out by operatives of the Anambra vigilante group, Udogachi.
Speaking at his campaign office, Moghalu reacted to a viral video showing members of the group assaulting a female corps member identified as Ms. Jennifer Elohor. He demanded that the outfit be scrapped.
According to him, reports of violence linked to the vigilante have become rampant and must no longer be ignored.
He said, “The Federal govt should make a comment about this, moreso. that she is on a national assignment and should be protected.
“The federal government should also intervene in the security situation in Anambra State.
“I was saddened by what I saw in that video because it is scandalous, not just to Anambra or the state government but to every responsible person. It is unacceptable, no matter what the lady may have done, it should have been better to arrest her in the normal way and hand her over to the police, and not brutalizing, tearing her up and bringing down her dignity.
“I stand on my authority to ask that Udogachi be disbanded and trained. I have said many times that these people are not trained, they should be disbanded and trained. Get them trained and indoctrinated to suit what we need in this state.
“This is one too many cases. They have killed, threatened, extorted money from many and it is unacceptable to me.”
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Moghalu further revealed that while some of the operatives involved in the incident had reportedly been arrested, the victim’s whereabouts remain unknown.
He asked, “Where is the lady involved? Government should bring her to the public domain to tell her story. This is a civilized community. That she is a youth corps member makes the case worse because she was only serving her nation.”
The Labour Party candidate maintained that Udogachi was established to serve the political interest of the sitting governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, stressing that the federal government must take urgent action.
“Federal government must also provide enough security in the November election because it is now clear that they were constituted to prosecute the election.
“The Udogachi people were constituted mainly for election and we saw it from the last Saturday election,” he said.