Following the one week closure of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha south local government area of the State by management, over incessant attacks and rape of female students by hoodlums, the Commissioner of Police in the State, Mr. Abaniwonda Surajudeen Olufemi, has summoned the Area Commander and Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the area for explanation.
It was gathered that their summon was not unconnected to the closure of the institution due to possible protest by students over the upsurge that has left students losing valuables.
Reports from Ogwashi-Uku said most of the hostels along Azagba road (Polytechnic road) especially from African House to the school and those inside the campus have been deserted for fear of attacks by the criminals.
Our correspondent gathered that victims of the serial attacks had lost handsets, laptops to the gangsters who also forced them to transfer money in their accounts to them, while also raping some female students and shooting anyone who resisted.
The reports further revealed that the high spate of robberies on student hostels started a few weeks ago from Azagba Ogwashi community where students reside and later spread to Ogbe-Ofu axis of Ogwashi-Uku metropolis.
An eyewitness who gave her name as Chisom Gladys, narrated how one of the armed robbers had to scale the fence of the hostel and unlock the gate for the rest of the armed robbers after their attempts to break the gate failed.
According to her, the armed robbers came in their numbers, proceeded to tie up the two vigilante security men in the compound and ordered them not to make noise or they would be shot.
“They went to the first room, bent the steel protector and pulled out the rods in the casement window in order to gain entrance and proceeded to rob the boy who stays in the room, all the time discussing how they were going to share the money.
“The second room was occupied by a girl so they did not put much effort into trying to break down the door, and after a few tries, they moved to the third room which happened to be empty at that time.
“If they had continued breaking down the doors like that, they would have come across my room, but it seems they noticed that most of the persons staying in the first block of the hostel were girls, so they switched to the second block which was occupied by boys, and that was how I escaped being robbed.
“They robbed the first room in the block, carting away phones and other valuable properties and it was in the second room that they shot the boy residing there on the leg”.
According to The Nigerian Tribune, the Police boss said security had been beefed up in the polytechnic town, stating that the force is entirely on top of the situation.
