Four students of the Community Secondary School, Nkpolu Oroworukwo, in Mile Diobu, Port Harcourt in Rivers State have been arrested by the State Police Command over their involvement in a sexual escapade.
According to reports, two students of the school were secretly recorded on video by one of their classmates while allegedly entangling themselves in erotic acts in an isolated classroom within the school premises.
Afterwards, the classmate was said to have shared the erotic video with a fellow student through WhatsApp, thereby leaking into the hands of some other students.
It was gathered that a male teacher of the school stumbled on the video on the phone of one of the students the video was transferred to and drew the attention of the management to the development.
The school management immediately invited the police from the Nkpolu Divisional Police headquarters in Mile, Port Harcourt, leading to the arrest of two students involved in the love triangle.
Also arrested were a male student who took the video and another of same-sex whom the video was transferred to.
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The escapade was confirmed by a parent of one of the arrested students, who did not want her name in print for fear of being stigmatised.
Reacting to the incident, the Principal of the School, Mrs. Patience Nwachukwu, expressed sadness over the situation, saying the affected students were a bad influence and that such behaviour could not be condoned.
She said, “Those children are a bad influence and we can’t condone that. After now they will have to be expelled from the school.
“I will still have to get to my boss to report and tell them the action I intend to take. But that is what I think is the best, because if they go unpunished tomorrow others will join and nothing will happen.”
The spokesperson for the State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, could not be reached for her comments as her mobile telephone was not connecting as of the time of filing this report.
Meanwhile, a rights group, the Centre for Basic Rights Protection and Accountability Campaign, said it was informed of the incident by a parent of one of the arrested students.
The national coordinator of the group, Prince Wiro, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Thursday, however, pleaded that the students should be cautioned and released afterwards.