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By Madu Obi
Worried by the activities of kidnappers and unknown gunmen in the state, the Anambra State Vigilance Group, AVG, says it is set to recover all the illegal firearms in circulation.
Director of media and publicity of AVG, Nweke Nweke said on Sunday that the first thing the group intends to do is to identify legal and illegal possessors of firearms and then recover those held by illegal users.
According to him, the use of pump action gun was prohibited from non-AVG members, with the exception of private security guards registered with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, or known to the state government.
Nweke said: "Only the AVG is allowed to bear firearms like pump action in Anambra State. It is a prohibited device, but you can see some unidentifiable individuals and groups using them. AVG with other joint security teams, will embark on mop-up action to identify people or groups using prohibited firearms and recover them from the public. Genuine users will be checkmated.
"It has been discovered that most of these hoodlums who are causing security challenges in the state and all over Nigeria, acquired firearms illegally. "We are calling on the public to assist the security with relevant information. We are also calling on individuals or groups with genuine reasons to possess arms to identify with relevant authorities for better."
Nweke commended the efforts of Governor Chukwuma Soludo to make the state a haven for both local and foreign investors, liveable and prosperous to all, assuring that the AVG and other security agents would leave no stone unturned by securing the environment as envisaged by the current administration.
"Our governor is not relenting on his campaign promises to make Anambra State liveable and prosperous. We are solidly behind the administration's resolve to secure the environment for investors, residents and others", he added.
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