Police officers and their families residing in the ‘B’ Police Barracks
along the Benin-Onitsha expressway in Asaba, Delta State have raised the
alarm of incessant robbery attacks on them in recent times.
The
residents of the barracks who spoke to The Sun on condition of
anonymity, said the robbery suspects have taken advantage of the
prevailing dakrness in the barracks to unleash series of attacks on
them. The barracks was thrown into darkness two months ago after
yet-to-be-identified persons vandalized the transformer serving the
barracks and who also made away with the cables.
”Robbers
have been coming here to dispossess us of our property. We have lost
power generating sets, handsets laptops and personal effects to the
dreaded thieves. There is uncleared vegetation at the other side of the
barrack, through which they gain access to the barrack. They have been
tormenting us lately. They come through the bush, and because there is
no power supply, everywhere is always dark, so we cannot see them coming
in.” a resident said
Another resident who also spoke on
condition of anonimity, said they have contributed N3,000 each to fix
the vandalized transformer, adding that since the donation was made over
a month ago, nothing has changed.
“Our lives are under
serious threat as a result of darkness which the hoodlums are taking
advantage of. We are very worried at the moment. We have not heard
anything since we contributed money to fix the vandalized transformer,”
the source disclosed.
Another resident of the barrack
however believes that the robbery attacks might be an orchestration of
the children of some of the police officers.
“The
situation is terrible but there are some children who are above 18 years
that are still around. This is not proper. I suspect that the pockets
of robberies we are experiencing are orchestrated by these young
residents. So we are appealing to the management of the state police
command to investigate this matter and save us from the hands of these
tormentors,” the resident said
When contacted, the
Commissioner of Police in the state, Adeyinka Adeleke, admitted that
the barrack has been in darkness due to the vandalized transformer, but
denied claims that robbery attacks has been on the increase in the
barracks.
{Naijafinix.com}
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