Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Men of the Ekiti State Police Command have arrested eight suspected cult members at the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti.
The state Police Public Relations Officer,
Sunday Abutu, said in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday that the arrest on Tuesday
followed the intervention of men of the Command’s Rapid Response Squad
following a distress call.
Abutu said in a statement on behalf of the
state Commissioner of Police, Adeniran Akinwale, that “at about 18:00 hours,
the command received a distress call that some suspected members of Buccaneer
Confraternity Alora Sea Lord secret cult group were conducting themselves in a
manner that could cause breach of peace on the campus of EKSU.”
He said that the command immediately
deployed the RRS to the scene where eight suspected cult members were arrested.
Abutu listed the suspects as “Onifade Akinsola (400L
Political Science), Olatunde David (400L Computer Science), Omoboyowa Olabode
(400L Political Science), Daniel Oluwagbenga (300L Accounting), Adeleke Tolani
(300L Sociology), Andrew Ochuko (300L Sociology), Bamiduro Olawale (CarryOver
Student of Political Science), and Adelakun Omoniyi (2023 graduate).
The PPRO stated, “During the operation,
some of the fleeing gang members fired gunshots at the Armoured Personnel
Carrier conveying the RRS operatives and damaged the windshield. Efforts are in
progress to arrest them and recover the weapons in their possession.
“Exhibits recovered from the arrested
suspects are two yellow fez caps with Buccaneer Confraternity Alora Sea Lord
secret cult logo and an inscription that reads – Santa Barbara Love Victory and
Perfection,”
A fortnight ago, two students of Ambrose
Alli University, Ekpoma, were killed by cult members outside the university
premises.
The Edo State Police Command said last week
that some persons suspected to have been involved in the alleged killing of the
two students had been arrested and that the investigation was still ongoing on
the matter.
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