
NO fewer than 14 Junior Secondary School, JSS, students have been
arrested by the Police in Edo State over alleged involvement in
cult-related activities in Benin.
Information
gathered that the students, whose ages ranged from 12 to 15 years, were said to have been picked by policemen at Oguola Secondary School, along St.post by expdonaloaded.blogspot.com.. Saviour Road in the state capital
and were being screened at the State Criminal Investigation Department,
SCID, Police headquarters, Benin.
Principal of the school, Mr. Ehanire Reuben, said eight of the
students were allegedly arrested in the school compound, adding that
their arrest prompted the police to conduct a search on some students in
the classrooms. He, however, said prior to the arrest, he learned that a
student teacher in the school was attacked and his phone and wallets
taken from him by some students, who also attacked residents in the
area.
He pleaded with police to release those found to be innocent. Edo
State Police Command spokesman, Mr. Innocent Onwochie, in his reaction
to the development, said the arrest was made following a tip-off, adding
that those arrested were under-aged. He said investigations on the
issue had been stepped up, promising that the police would leave no
stone unturned in its war against cultism and other criminal activities
in the state.
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