Osun government urges residents to be on lookout for water pipe vandals
The Osun State government says it will go after scavengers vandalising and stealing fittings on the rising mains and distribution pipelines belonging the State water Corporation.
The corporation’s general manager, Dupeola Jokotola, made this known in a statement issued on Friday in Osogbo.
Ms Jokotola appealed to the state residents to be vigilant and monitor the activities of scavengers in their areas.
While describing the development as unfortunate, she said information at the corporation’s disposal revealed that scavengers were in the daily habit of stealing the fittings on the rising mains and distribution pipeline networks.
The general manager reiterated the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led administration’s resolve not to treat such acts with kid gloves.
“To guard against this act, which is anti-people and anti-government, residents need to be vigilant 24/7 and be on the lookout for these criminals posing as scavengers,” she said.
Ms Jokotola warned those vandalising, stealing and selling the items to desist from the act before they were made to face the full weight of the law.
(NAN)
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