Several young women and men who were early this week picked up by police authority in Monrovia for living in graves as their residence have vowed to resist government’s order to forcibly evacuate them.
Most of those arrested by the police are said to be hidden criminals who are regularly snatching away people belongings, including cell phones and other valuables during broad day light.
The police also accused some of those arrested of being armed robbers who have broken jail several times in the city.
During a visit at the Center Street graveyard Friday afternoon by the GNN, some those who escaped police arrest and were returning at their respective graves; some burst into, said they will not be deterred to live in graves, “we are comfortable her”! One of them, perhaps in her late 30s who refused to be named shouted at our reporter, stressing, “Let the government leave us alone. Go and tell the President, we are comfortable here.”
The lady who appeared drugged with a bottle of stout and cigarette between her fingers told the GNN that many of them living in the graves were people from good families, but could not afford to pay rent, “some of us here my brother, are products of recognized academic institutions and from good families , but can not find a single employment. We have no money to pay rent, so for this reason we find ourselves in this position,” sipping her stout and puffing her un-named cigarette said.
As our reporter tour the cemetery, many of the kids (10 -14 -15 years old) were seen undisturbed as they went on playing on top one of the graves, one of the Junior Nagbe, 15 with a jar of filled with cigarettes of all types, said he was carried to the grave site by his uncle who was earlier caught in the police raid prior to the arrival of our reporter, adding, “I live here with my late mother’s brother. He was arrested this morning by the police, When the police came all of us ran away on the other side,” pointing his hand to the Gurley Street side of the cemetery.
Residents around the Center street cemetery who spoke to the GNN said they were concerned about the growing number criminals in the area, “the government must do something about these gangsters. We are under threats every day and night. When these criminals steal from people, you will see them running in the grave yard for rescue,” Rev. Emmanuel Johnson, a pastor of one of the churches in the area said.
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The police also accused some of those arrested of being armed robbers who have broken jail several times in the city.
During a visit at the Center Street graveyard Friday afternoon by the GNN, some those who escaped police arrest and were returning at their respective graves; some burst into, said they will not be deterred to live in graves, “we are comfortable her”! One of them, perhaps in her late 30s who refused to be named shouted at our reporter, stressing, “Let the government leave us alone. Go and tell the President, we are comfortable here.”
The lady who appeared drugged with a bottle of stout and cigarette between her fingers told the GNN that many of them living in the graves were people from good families, but could not afford to pay rent, “some of us here my brother, are products of recognized academic institutions and from good families , but can not find a single employment. We have no money to pay rent, so for this reason we find ourselves in this position,” sipping her stout and puffing her un-named cigarette said.
As our reporter tour the cemetery, many of the kids (10 -14 -15 years old) were seen undisturbed as they went on playing on top one of the graves, one of the Junior Nagbe, 15 with a jar of filled with cigarettes of all types, said he was carried to the grave site by his uncle who was earlier caught in the police raid prior to the arrival of our reporter, adding, “I live here with my late mother’s brother. He was arrested this morning by the police, When the police came all of us ran away on the other side,” pointing his hand to the Gurley Street side of the cemetery.
Residents around the Center street cemetery who spoke to the GNN said they were concerned about the growing number criminals in the area, “the government must do something about these gangsters. We are under threats every day and night. When these criminals steal from people, you will see them running in the grave yard for rescue,” Rev. Emmanuel Johnson, a pastor of one of the churches in the area said.
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