The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested 10 secondary school graduates in Adamawa State over their alleged involvement in the banned final-year celebration popularly known as “Signed Out.”
The arrest was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSC Nyako Amidu Baba.
Baba said operatives of the NSCDC Safe School Response Squad acted on credible intelligence linking students from Capital School, GDSS Demsawo, Doubelli and Damilu to activities that allegedly constituted public nuisance and threatened public order.
He said the suspects were allegedly involved in painting their bodies, tearing school uniforms, fighting on the streets and engaging in other acts capable of causing unrest.
The command noted that the celebration has become a source of concern for parents, school authorities and the public, leading the Adamawa State Ministry of Education to ban the practice last year.
He stated, “The trend, which has increasingly become a source of concern to parents, school authorities and the general public, had earlier attracted the attention of the Adamawa State Government, which, through the State Ministry of Education, issued a directive against the practice last year.”
It added that this year’s celebration reportedly took a more disturbing dimension, with allegations that some participants disguised themselves in suspicious outfits and robbed members of the public of mobile phones and other valuables.
