Video: Vigilante assaults female corps member in Anambra

Abdullateef Fowewe

A viral video has captured the moment armed individuals, believed to be members of Operation Udo Ga-Achi—also referred to as the Agunechemba Vigilante Group—raided a corps member’s lodge in Anambra State, attacking a female corps member named Jennifer Edema Elohor and several of her peers.

Video link: https://x.com/dailyeconews/status/1957800076258017322?s=61

The clip, shared by the Haven 360 Foundation on Facebook, depicts Elohor being beaten and forcibly stripped by men armed with guns.

The foundation reported that the victims faced severe violence and were subjected to humiliating and sexually degrading threats.

It also stated that the vigilantes accused the corps members of being ‘yahoo people’ and assaulted them even after they presented their NYSC identification cards.

The foundation wrote in part, “We strongly condemn the brutal assault and violation of rights of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members by operatives of Operation Udo Ga-Achi or ‘Agunechemba Vigilante Group’ in Anambra State.

“On July 23, 2025, these state actors stormed the corpers lodge, accusing the members of being ‘Yahoo people’, despite their prompt production of NYSC identification cards and uniforms.

“The assault was particularly egregious in the case of Jennifer Edema Elohor, who was beaten, stripped naked, and left exposed and covered in blood.
“The victims were subjected to unsavoury, horrible, sexually, molestation degrading words and actions, including threats of sexual violation.”