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By Young Erhiurhoro, Warri
Two suspected criminals (names withheld) were recently arrested by local vigilantes for stealing properties worth millions of naira at Unenurhie Secondary School, Unenurhie in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
In a chat with our correspondent at Unenurhie community, the president general of the community, Mr. Peter Maison, said, “We have to thank our boys for being on the watch every day.
“In fact, these set of bad boys have been terrorizing our community day and night, especially the government secondary school in the community. These boys are extremely wicked. They broke all the offices, including the science laboratory, examination hall and many of the classrooms. They removed all the science equipment, pvc, glass windows and iron doors. What they do is to sell these stolen properties to those Hausa boys that buy condemned things.
“They are being encouraged by these Hausa boys for buying those things from them. This period of lockdown in the entire country as a result of the coronavirus pandemic also boosted the criminal activities of these bad boys. For now, you know all schools are closed down and it’s an opportunity for these bad boys to do evils.”
Speaking further, the security expert said, “As community leaders, we have received a lot of reports on how the school was being vandalized by these wicked boys. This is when we have to mount a very strong security with some selected youths.
“Let me at this time appreciate the youth chairman, Mr. Friday Diamond, and his executives for being on the watch since when these criminal activities begin in the community.
“On the fateful day, they were caught red handed right in the school in the night. Now we have just handed them over to the Nigerian Police under Ughelli Police Division. At the moment, the matter is with the police, and we have no hands in it again. The school is a government property and I want to appeal to the Delta State government, to help fence the two public schools (primary and secondary schools) in the community to protect their properties from vandals,” he said.
The two suspected criminals have since being handed over to the Nigerian Police for further interrogations and investigations. All efforts to speak to the DPO of the Ughelli Police Station over the issue proved abortive as at the time of filing in this report.
