POLICE ARREST 14 JSS STUDENTS SUSPECTED TO BE CULTISTS

The Nigerian police, Edo Statedivision have
arrested 14Junior Secondary Schoolstudents 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.
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.