Influx Of Strangers: Anambra Vigilante Group Puts Citizens On Red Alert

The Anambra Vigilance Group (A.V. G) has called on Anambra citizens to be at Red Alert over the alleged influx of strangers into the state.

The chairman of Anambra Vigilante supervisory committee, and former Commissioner of Police Onwa Ikechukwu Ayo Aduba who gave this warning in a statement yesterday said though the rumour has not been confirmed he is calling on the public for “more Vigilance especially in this Ember Months”.

Part of the statement read: “A.V.G. wishes to inform the general public about the need for heightened vigilance in all parts of the state. A suspicious but unconfirmed mass movement of stranger elements purported to be Northerners was reported around Amawbia, Agulu, Nise, Neni and Adazi axis.

“A.V.G. operatives in these areas are now on red alert to verify and confirm this report.

“A.V.G. operatives in the 179 communities are hereby put on alert. They are advised to collaborate with the Nigeria Police Force and sister security agencies to secure their areas from now till the end of the year”.

He noted, however, that crimes seem to experience upsurge in the period before the Yuletide and New Year celebrations but that A.V.G. over the years beef up security in their areas.

Aduba said such measures were to ensure that Anambra remains one of the day
states in Nigeria and foreign/local investment friendly.

He advised that the road traffic authorities namely Anambra State Traffic Agency (ASTA), the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigeria Police
and Ocha Brigade should curb the use motorbikes to flood stranger elements into the state as the use of Okada in urban centres and carrying more than one person had been outlawed.

He also reminded that it is against the Land Use Act for any individual to sell land, especially to cattle rearers or stranger elements without obtaining permission from the State Government first and foremost.

He added: “This warning is being repeated to forestall nomadic migrant herders from settling in our forests which is equally under surveillance by A.V.G. Intelligence Unit.

He ordered all A.V.G. Senior Zonal Supervisors, Commanders and Chairmen to work together with their Traditional Rulers and President Generals so that Anambra state remains number one in terms of security of lives and properties especially in these “Ember Months”.

Meanwhile, Aduba said the leaders of Northern elements in the state namely Miyetti Allah have reassured that the alarm about a new influx of their people into the state is unfounded and should be totally disregarded.

Notwithstanding this, however, he continued, everybody in the state must be vigilant during this period and supply genuine information to A.V.G. On the other hand, those raising false alarms and creating unnecessary tension in the state should desist from such unpatriotic act forthwith, he concluded.