Nigeria, April 6 -- The Enugu State Government has alleged that some hoodlums, on Friday, destroyed several machines and other equipment being installed to ensure water supply in the state.

The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Chidiebere Onyia, disclosed this during a press briefing in Enugu on Friday afternoon.

"In the wee hours of today, at about 2:00 a.m., hoodlums in astonishingly large numbers invaded the site of the ongoing installation of new ductile water pipes near the Holy Ghost Cathedral in Enugu, where they unleashed havoc and destruction on machines and other equipment," Mr Onyia, a professor, said.

"The vandals were however successfully repelled by security operatives deployed to the site before reinforcement came...