Reports has it 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.
Credit;
Punch
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