Nigeria, March 20 -- The Enugu State Government has threatened to prosecute vandals destroying water facilities in the state.

Chidiebere Onyia, the secretary to the state government (SSG), in a statement, on Tuesday, lamented the incessant destruction of the facilities by some "unpatriotic" individuals in the state.

Mr Onyia, a professor, said the vandals might have been "sponsored" to destroy the facilities in order to cause heavy financial cost to the government.

"The incessant attacks on water infrastructure such as destruction of water galleries, electrical fittings on solar lights attached to water facilities, damage of both high pressure and distribution pipes by these hoodlums have denied many of the innocent citizens of the sta...