Anambra Vigilante Group (AVG) has dismissed the claims by a lady who accused the local security outfit of having not only peeped into her room when she was naked but went further and alleged that the AVG Okpuno Community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra state intimidated and extorted the sum of N5, 000 as bail fee from her.
Describing the allegation as a tissue of lies and a drama sponsored by the sacked AVG members in Okpuno, the AVG Spokesperson, Nweke Nweke revealed that the sacked AVG men had successfully staged those making the claim, aimed at tarnishing the image of the AVG and the Okpuno Community.
Mr. Nweke who urged members of the public to discard the claim(s) of the girl and her conspirators, stated that the sacked members of AVG in the said Okpuno had sworn to deal negatively with both AVG and Okouno town union as a way of paying the community back for having sacked them from work.
Recall that the Okpuno Community recently sacked AVG men for having failed to abide by the rules and regulations of the local outfit, having discovered that they were operating on the back page of the law that established the AVG.
Stating that an interim investigation conducted by his office on the matter revealed that there is no iota of truth in the claim(s) of those who allowed themselves to be used in castigating the AVG and Okpuno community, the AVG PRO accused both the girl and her partners of having acted based on the script written for them by the sacked members of the AVG.
"Our findings on the matter circulating on social media have it that the girl in question was approached by the taskforce men who were checking the receipt of payment of security levy imposed on the residents by the leadership of the community and getting to the compound where the self-acclaimed victim resides, instead of complying, she arrogantly told the taskforce men that she has vowed never to pay the said levy on the ground that it is the prerogative of the government to provide her with adequate security.
"Some residents in the community, that spoke with our investigation team under the condition of anonymity, accused the girl of being sponsored by some criminal elements who are not comfortable with the tight security being provided to Okpuno by the AVG men, calling on the members of the public to discard the claim(s) of the said girl. The people of the Community made it known that nobody peeped into the girl's room as she claimed.
"Yes, there were differences between the self-acclaimed victim during the collection of the said levy. On the arrival at the compound by the task force men designated by the community to go around and collect the said security levy, instead of the girl cooperating, she opposed the payment of N500.00 on the ground that it is the responsibility of the government to provide her with adequate security.
"It was then that the task force men, picked her up and handed her over to the AVG men providing security to them without any molestation, and in order not to cause a nuisance to the public, she was picked, alongside her male neighbor to the office of the AVG where she later paid the said levy and went home untouched while her neighbor provided evidence of payment of the said levy and both of them were asked to go home without any other attachment.
"To the best of our knowledge, none of the AVG men peeped into the room of the said girl, rather she only played the script written for her by the sacked AVG men as a way to swallow down whatever she might have collected from them.
"May I use this medium to educate members of the public that AVG men don't engage in collection of any levy but we provide security to an approved body designated to collect either government or community levy for the fear of the unknown and I appeal to the members of the public to report any of our men found violating my claim to the office of the AVG head of the Operations or the nearest police station for necessary sanction.