{"id":234747,"date":"2025-08-20T11:53:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T11:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abianewscentral.com.ng\/anambra-security-agents-who-assaulted-corps-member-threatened-to-rape-kill-her-lawyer-channels-television\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:34:45","slug":"anambra-security-agents-who-assaulted-corps-member-threatened-to-rape-kill-her-lawyer-channels-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/anambra-security-agents-who-assaulted-corps-member-threatened-to-rape-kill-her-lawyer-channels-television\/","title":{"rendered":"Anambra Security Agents Who Assaulted Corps Member Threatened To Rape, Kill Her \u2013 Lawyer \u2022 Channels Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anambra Security Agents Who Assaulted Corps Member Threatened To Rape, Kill Her \u2013 Lawyer \u2022 Channels Television<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Cyrus Onu, a lawyer for the female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Jennifer Elobor, who was assaulted by local security agents in Anambra State, has said that the perpetrators had threatened to rape and kill her for speaking out during the incident.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [security agents] were banging the door, and Jennifer was trying to open the door, and they just kicked the door, and it almost hit their face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of them were masked in mufti with guns, so you can imagine how scared the kids [corps members] were.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [security agents] didn\u2019t give any identification. They just said, \u2018Come down, come down. You\u2019re all thieves! You\u2019re all \u2018Yahoo\u2019 people!\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they tried to drag them downstairs, Jennifer was insisting that if they must take them anywhere, they should allow them [corps members] to call their LGI [Local Government Inspector] because the corps members did not know who the operatives were,\u201d the lawyer said on Channels Television\u2019s The Morning Brief on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Security Agents Threatened To Kill, Rape Corps Member For Speaking Out \u2013 Lawyer\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZyG8vAGo5bs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong>\u00a0NBA Condemns Assault On Anambra Corps Member, Demands Culprits\u2019 Prosecution<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was when they started pouncing on her. They made derogatory comments, asking her who gave her the right as a lady to speak to them anyhow. They started beating her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe asked them to allow her to change into something appropriate, and they said, \u2018That thing you\u2019re trying to cover, we\u2019ll see it today. We\u2019ll beat you up, we\u2019ll rape you, kill you, and dump you, and nobody can say anything,\u201d Onu added.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer also claimed that the Anambra security agents threatened to kill her colleagues for trying to defend her.<\/p>\n<p>In a video that went viral, the operatives armed with guns stormed the corps members\u2019 apartment in the Oba community of Anambra State.<\/p>\n<p>The agents who were members of the Operation \u2018Udo Ga-Achi,\u2019 also known as the Agunechemba Vigilante Group, were seen beating Elobor and tearing her clothes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Corps Member\u2019s Assault: We Are Ready To Enforce Justice, When The Victim Comes Around - Police\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pf_W6eTVNOY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The State Government, through the Special Adviser to Governor Soludo on Community Security, Ken Emeakayi, while condemning the assault on the corps member, said on Tuesday that those involved had been arrested.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_886849\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 650px;\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-886849\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-886849\" src=\"data:;base64,<svg xmlns=\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" data-lazy-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Soludo.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Soludo-300x166.jpg 300w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Soludo.jpg\" \/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-886849\" src=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Soludo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Soludo.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Soludo-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"\/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-886849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anambra State governor, Chukwuma Soludo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Emeakayi also said that the operatives involved had been suspended, and their final evaluation was in process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are suspended because when a case has been established against someone, you arrest the person, then hand him over to the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, since they were not readily prepared for persecution, which will be carried out by the police, they are now undergoing other disciplinary measures within our system, pending the final evaluation of the matter, whether they are going to court or not going to court as it relates to the victim,\u201d he had said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO:<\/strong>\u00a0Assault On Corps Member Unacceptable, Operatives Arrested \u2014Anambra Govt<\/p>\n<p>But the lawyer said the Anambra governor\u2019s aide\u2019s comment on the incident was unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>The victims\u2019 lawyer said, \u201cKen was alleging that the lady was not forthcoming, and that was why they couldn\u2019t go on with the investigation. That\u2019s not true. In fact, when they got to the secretariat, those people were still firing guns in the air to intimidate them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was one of the local inspectors who came from the NYSC that told them to allow them [corps members] to go; that was how they let them go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf not for the fact that it [the incident] came to the public. All of those things they are saying are not true. They are not prepared to prosecute; they are not going to prosecute.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, of course, that is not the only redress our clients are seeking. There must be consequences for bad behaviour, and they [the perpetrators] will pay damages. My clients are seeking compensatory damages, and they will have to pay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve since written a petition to the government of Anambra State demanding that those persons be prosecuted, and we will follow up to also ensure compensatory damages.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Anambra,Assault,Corps member<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelstv.com\/2025\/08\/20\/anambra-security-agents-who-assaulted-corps-member-threatened-to-rape-kill-her-lawyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anambra Security Agents Who Assaulted Corps Member Threatened To Rape, Kill Her \u2013 Lawyer \u2022 Channels Television Cyrus Onu, a lawyer for the female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Jennifer Elobor, who was assaulted by local security agents in Anambra State, has said that the perpetrators had threatened to rape and kill her for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":234836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[173],"tags":[1392,1707,1708],"class_list":["post-234747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-anambra","tag-assault","tag-corps-member"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image_2025-08-21_113423152.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234747"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234837,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234747\/revisions\/234837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abiaradiostations.com.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}