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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