Following the death of a 17-year-old boy, Sylvester Waterleon, in Delta State, youths of Obiaruku in the state’s Ukwani Local Government Area have gone on the rampage, torching buildings, vehicles, and other properties identified as belonging to members of the state’s Anti-Cult Volunteer Corps (AVC), a paramilitary formation set up by the police, within the community.
According to reports, the youths began destroying the homes of the five anti-cult Corps minutes after learning that Waterleon had perished in an accident while fleeing to avoid arrest by the AVC while returning from where he had gone to get narcotics.
On Wednesday, all attempts to persuade the youths were futile, as they continued to demand justice for the deceased, despite being assured that the five AVC males had been detained and would be tried in accordance with the law.
The enraged students claimed that the Anti-cult corps members stationed at the council had made their lives terrible, forcing every adolescent in the council to live in fear.
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