There is an indication that the Ondo State Police Command may not prosecute the suspects who allegedly stole used sanitary pads of the students of Federal Government Girls’ College, Akure.
The two suspects, whose names were not disclosed by the police were still in the police custody as at the time of filling this report on Wednesday.
They allegedly stole the used sanitary pads of the girls in the hostel.
In her reaction to the matter, the state police commissioner, Mrs. Hilda Harrison insisted that the police had not seen evidence to prosecute the suspects, stressing that the matter was still under investigation.
She said the inability of the school authority to have a proper waste disposal system in the school caused the matter, stating that if the wastes had been well disposed, there would be no room for the students to raise any suspicion against the suspects.
“The girls have reason for suspicion, we are Africans and we take our personal items seriously. The students alleged that some of their staff were picking up their items from the dustbin and it is an ongoing issue; we have been able to get some of the staff for interrogation, and we are investigating it.
“Nobody was caught in the act of committing the crime. It is based only on suspicion and I am being very emphatic in saying that the students raised the suspicion; they felt some of their items were being picked up after throwing them away into the dustbin.
“Nobody was caught in the act of removing such items but we are investigating and we have been able to allay them of their fears.”
The police boss said the command had advised the school to have a better way of disposal of refuse so that individuals would not have access to them and everyone will feel safe.
Meanwhile, the Parent-Teacher Association of the FGGC, Akure has denied that the suspects stole sanitary pad belonging to the students.
In a statement issued on Wednesday by the chairman of the association, Mr. Akin Ashimolowo, the P.T.A said the students, on the fateful day reported the matter to their house mistresses, who checked inside the bags of the suspects but did not find any sanitary pad.
Ashimolowo, in the statement, said, ” Our investigation revealed that some girls saw the cooks at the incinerator site, ostensibly gathering waste products. They were there and then accosted by the girls who searched their ‘bagco’ bags and found some items such as: a spoon, pair of slippers, a cooler and three used cakes of premier soap.”
The chairman who said the association was still awaiting the report of the investigation of the police on the matter, appealed to the parents and students of the school to be patient till the conclusion of the investigation. .
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