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.
Vanguard 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. 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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