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toubab1020
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 Posted - 14 Apr 2021 : 16:21:15
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This appears to be a lack of control being excercised by parents or guardians of the young scolars attending school,surely the village VDC has been told,as community disorder and Canabis smoking are under their control ?
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https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/headlines/armed-youth-thieves-habitually-storm-mandinary-lbs-schools-building
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Apr 14, 2021, 1:06 PM | Article By: Sulayman Waan
Armed youth and thieves are reported to in a habit of storming the Mandinary Lower Basic School in the Kombo North District, threatening lives of students and teachers as well as stealing valuable material; The Point has been anonymously informed.
Speaking to this medium on Monday, the source said some men often storm the school daily with cutlasses and knives forcibly, adding they would continuously stay within the school campus to smoke cannabis and sometime steal belongings of the school and teachers.
He revealed the village boys would also go around the school with dogs, which he said, is threatening the lives of both teachers and students. “It also distracts pupils during sessions.”
“They would come to the school with cannabis and smoke openly but no one dare to send them away from the campus. Because they are always armed,” the source told this medium.
“I have witnessed a scene where a boy attempt to fight students within the school campus. A teacher had to intervene to settle the dispute. Again, on March 31 2021, another boy attacked a teacher in the school campus during a football game between students and teachers. He wounded the teacher seriously on the head using a broken bottle,” he noted.
The insider said if the trend continues, the school could be closed, justifying that many parents are now about to transfer their children to other schools owing to the alleged crimes.
“Sometime the boys would break into classrooms and steal learning materials during weekends and holidays. Even if someone leaves his or her mobile phone in the classroom during break times, if you are not extra careful it would be taken away,” he claimed.
He alleged that some boys have been stealing the school’s fluorescent lamps and teachers’ belongings at the quarter such as laptops, boots and clothes among others on several occasions.
“The village boys usually sit beside the toilets with weapons while smoking cannabis. We have to abandon those toilets and tell the children to use the teachers’ toilets,” he said.
The source said the school has addressed letters to the Region 2 Directorate and copied them to the Gambia Police Forces, Village Development Committee (VDC), School’s Senior Management Committee (SMC) and the village head but yet the boys continue intruding the school daily.
Our source opined that there is a need for government to ban the boys from the school and build the fence so that peace will prevail in the educational facility.
Alhagie Jammeh, school head, confirmed the alleged criminal activities, they are usually done by the village boys, saying the school’s poor fence is a contributing factor to intrusion. However, he declined to comment further.
Lamin Jaiteh, principal education officer (PEO), for Region 2, said his office was not aware of the alleged criminal activities but assured that his office would send an officer immediately to find out the allege undesirable activ
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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toubab1020
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Posted - 23 Apr 2021 : 08:55:21
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https://thepoint.gm/africa/gambia/headlines/police-arrest-youth-at-mandinary-lbs
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#Headlines
Police arrest youth at Mandinary LBS
Apr 22, 2021, 9:32 AM | Article By: Sulayman Waan
At least four young people have been arrested by the Gambia Police Force (GPF) for intrusion and misconduct at the Mandinary Lower Basic School; The Point has been reliably informed.
According to an anonymous source, the first two boys were arrested at the school last Saturday for intrusion despite several warnings to them to desist from it.
The source said one of the arrestees was allegedly caught with two kilo grams (2kg) of suspected cannabis sativa in a bag. According to him, as soon as the police officers arrested the suspects, they took them out of Mandinary village into detention.
Speaking further, the source said “another two young men were also arrested on Monday 19 April 2021 at their various homes for trespassing.
Our source explained that during the weekend, the duo intruded the school and began to insult the teachers but the teachers were advised to maintain patience. It added that the case was later reported to the Mandinary Police Station which led to the arrests.
“They were arrested by the Gambia Police Forces at their various homes when they went back home,” the source said.
The source unveiled that now the situation at the school is calm and peaceful because armed youth have stopped their intrusion following the arrest of those four youths.
However, it is not clear to The Point if the arrestees have been granted bail or still under police custody because the reporter had tried to contact Spt. Lamin Njie, the police spokesperson for comment but he had not answered the phone call at the time of going to press.
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"Simple is good" & I strongly dislike politics. You cannot defend the indefensible.
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Edited by - toubab1020 on 23 Apr 2021 08:56:18 |
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Come on lads lets have a smoke outside the toilits
