Eight Ekiti varsity students nabbed over cultism
OPERATIVES of the Ekiti State Police Command have arrested eight suspected cultists believed to be students of Ekiti State University, Ado- Ekiti ( EKSU) at the university campus.
Spokesperson for the command, Sunday Abutu, said the suspects who are currently detained at the command’s headquarters, along old Iyin- Ekiti road, Ado- Ekiti, are currently undergoing investigations.
He explained that operatives of the command had received a distress call that some suspected members of the Buccaneer Confraternity and Alora Sea Lord cult group were engaged in a clash.
He said the command immediately deployed the Rapid Response Squad ( RRS) to the scene and arrested eight suspects. According to him, the suspects were apprehended while conducting themselves in a manner that could breach peace on the campus.
He gave their names as: Onifade Joshua Akinsola ( 400Level Political Science), Olatunde David ( 400- Level Computer Science), Omoboyowa Olabode ( 400- Level Political Science), Daniel
Oluwagbenga ( 300- Level Accounting), Adeleke Tolani ( 300- Level Sociology).
Others are: Andrew Ochuko ( 300- Level Sociology), Bamiduro Ahmed Olawale ( Carryover Student of Political Science) and Adelakun Omoniyi ( 2023 graduate).
“During the operation, some of the fleeing gang members fired gunshots at the Armoured Personnel Carrier ( APC) conveying the RRS operatives and damaged the wind screen. Effort is in progress to arrest them and recover the weapons in their possession.
“Exhibits recovered from the arrested suspects are: two yellow face caps with Buccaneer Confraternity, Alora Sea Lord secret cult logo and an inscription that reads ‘ Santa Barbara love victory and perfection’,” Abutu added.