The Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), Rivers State Command, has warned one Wilcox Mambo to stop parading himself as the Commander of the organisation in the State or risk arrest by the police and other security agencies.
The Assistant Commander of VGN, Legal, Rivers State, Boate Ayebaemi, who gave the warning while addressing newsmen in Port Harcourt yesterday, said Mambo’s nefarious activities are unnecessarily creating confusion in the minds of members of the paramilitary outfit in the state, maintaining that the organisation has only one Acting Commander in the State in the person of Commander Chukwuka Osumah, whom he said is duly recognised as such by the National Command headed by Dr. Mohammed Jahun.
He noted that Mambo’s activities are capable of threatening the fragile peace existing within the body in the state, and called on security agencies to hold him responsible for any breakdown of law and order in the state.
Ayebaemi said going by the judgement of an Appeal Court in Abuja, which duly upheld and authenticated Jahun as the Commandant General of the organisation, every other member of the security outfit was supposed to fall in line by abiding by the court’s pronouncement, and recognise him (Jahun) and others under him as such, without much ado, but regretted that the reverse has been the case, as Mambo has shamelessly continued to parade himself as the Commander of VGN in the State.
The Assistant Commander alleged that Mambo whom he described as an unrepentant impostor goes as far as extorting money from some members of the outfit under the guise of registering them and capturing their data without due authorisation by the National Headquarters, an action he said constitutes a serious criminal offence.
He further warned that if the impostor does not desist from his criminal activities, VGN in Rivers State would have no choice than to order for his arrest and prosecution, stressing that Commander Osumah, on the other hand, is in possession of all necessary documents from the National Headquarters recognising him as the State Acting Commander.
Ayebaemi, therefore, enjoined members of the organisation to continue to give their loyalty and support to the State Acting Commander, and shun Mambo and his followers, insisting that the office of VGN in the State remains 14 Ikwerre Road, Port Harcourt.
Also speaking, Assistant Commander, Provost, Denson Ala Bipialaka said Mambo’s continuous recalcitrance and irresponsibility are doing more harm than good to the image of the outfit, and urged him to retrace his steps or face unpleasant consequences, insisting that Mambo is never the Commander of VGN in Rivers State.
He said the organisation in the State is in possession of documentary exhibits and evidences to nab and indict the impostor, adding that it would not take long for the long arm of the law to catch up with him if he does not stop parading himself as the Commander of VGN in the State.
On his part, the Public Relations Officer of the body in the State, Christopher Jacob, reiterated that the state Acting Commander of the outfit is Commander Chukwuka Osumah, and urged the members to rally round his leadership to take the body to greater heights in the state.
