AN Igbo group, Ndigbo Unity Forum, NUF, has called for the immediate disbandment of the controversial Ebubeagu security outfit operating mainly in Imo and Ebonyi states, arguing that the outfit has become a k!ller squad.Rising from a meeting yesterday, the group specifically urged Governor’s Hope Uzodinma and Dave Umahi to evolve other means of providing security in their states as operatives of Ebubeagu have shown that they are anti people.
It, however, commended the Anambra State Vigilante Services ,AVS, set up by the state government, adding that the outfit has respect for human rights and is not known to have abused the rights of citizens and people of the state.The Chief Media Officer of the group, Mazi Udemadu Chika, who issued a statement after the meeting, condemned what he called the incessant, unwarranted and extra-judicial killings of innocent and unarmed Igbo youths by operatives of Ebubeagu
According to the group, there have been
mounting allegations that Ebubeagu is
being used to kidnap and kill innocent
people, particularly youths in the South
East geopolitical zone.
Chika said that going by what is
happening in states where Ebubeagu is
operating, the outfit, which was set up to
hunt for criminal elements and prevent
other crimes in Igbo land, has turned out
to be dealing with those they were meant
to protect.
The group also condemned unnecessary
killings in parts of the zone, citing the
recent killing of a trader at Affor Ogidi
Market in Anambra State and other
unarmed youths on the phantom
allegation of having tattoo on their bodies
“Such reckless waste of human lives by
the security outfit that was meant to
protect them, had defeated the objective
of setting it up”, the NUF said.
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