The Nigerian police, Edo State
division have arrested 14 Junior Secondary School students over their alleged
involvement in cult-related activities in Benin, the state capital.
Punch reports that the
students, aged between 12 and 15, were nabbed when a crack team of policemen
stormed Oguola Secondary School at Saint Saviour in Ikpoba Okha Local
Government Area of the state recently. Continue..
According to a source in the
school, eight of the suspects were apprehended at flash spots within the school
compound.
Their arrest prompted the
police to conduct a search on some students in the classrooms, where items
believed to be emblems of notorious cult groups were recovered from them.
It was also learnt that reports
made against the students by some parents may have been responsible for the
arrest.
However, the Principal of
school has appealed to the police command to release those found to be innocent
at the end of their investigations.
Efforts to reach the Police
Public Relations Officer, DSP Stephen Onwochei, on the arrest were
unsuccessful.
It was, learnt that 14 suspects
were undergoing questioning at the State Criminal Investigation Department,
Benin
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