Youths from Anambra State’s 179 communities, under the umbrella of the Anambra State Town Union Council (ASTUC), have staged a peaceful protest in Awka to oppose what they described as a plot to dissolve the Agunechemba Security Squad.
The protesters, who marched to the Anambra State Government House, accused opposition politicians of attempting to plunge the state back into insecurity and vowed to resist any attempt to disband the security outfit.
Speaking during the protest, ASTUC Youth President Hon. Ken Okoli condemned the actions of eight members of the squad captured in a viral video assaulting a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ms. Jennifer Elohor. He commended the state government for swiftly dismissing the culprits and handing them over to the police for prosecution, urging that they be made to face the full weight of the law . . Continue..Reading. .