The Rivers Police command said they have arrested two students at the Community Secondary School, Nkpolu Oroworukwo, in Mile 3 Diobu, Port Harcourt city Local Government Area of the state, for allegedly entangling themselves in erotic acts in an isolated classroom within the school premises.
It was learned that the two senior secondary school two students were engaged in the act, unknown to them that they were being recorded on video by one of their classmates.
Their classmate who discreetly took the video of the erotic scene then sent it to a fellow student through WhatsApp which in turn drew the attention of some students.
Then the attention of the school management was drawn when a male teacher stumbled on the video on the phone of one of the students the video was transferred.
According to the information, the school management then invited the police from the Nkpolu Divisional Police headquarters within the area which led to the arrest of the students.
Also arrested were a male student who took the video and another of same sex whom the video was transferred to.
The parent of one of the arrested students, who did not want her name in print for fear of being stigmatized, confirmed the incident but declined further comments.
When contacted, the Principal of the School, Mrs. Patience Nwachukwu, expressed sadness over the situation, saying the affected students were a bad influence and that such behavior could not be condoned.
According to her, "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."
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 afterward.
Wiro also said the school should rise to the occasion by invoking internal mechanisms and mete out appropriate punishment to the students.
He said, "A mother to one of the arrested students informed me of the incident on Wednesday night (November 30).
"I think ordinarily it is a matter the school can handle through their internal disciplinary measures. But if the management of the school in its wisdom decides to hand them over to the police for cautionary measures, it is not out of place.
"However, I would have expected the police to release all the students after cautioning them, rather than releasing some of the students and holding onto some, from the information at our disposal."
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