Policemen in Edo state have arrested
several lecturers including a professor for
belonging to a cult group.
Double-barrel and single-barrel gun recovered by
the police
The Edo State Police Command said it
arrested some lecturers of the Ambrose Ali
University, Ekpoma for allegedly engaging
in cult-related activities, Punch reports.
According to information revealed by the
Commissioner of Police, Haliru Gwandu in
Benin on Tuesday, firearms were also
recovered from the arrested academics.
Gwandu also said that among those
arrested was a professor, from whom a
double-barrel gun, single-barrel gun and
one pump action gun were allegedly
recovered.
The police commissioner said, “The professor
was arrested. He was granted bail. The case is
under investigation.”
Gwandu’s statement came less than a week
after the command refuted reports that its
operatives allegedly brutalised the Dean of
the Faculty of Law of the university, Prof.
Sunday Edeko.
The commissioner expressed displeasure
over the high rate of cultism around the
institution located in Esan West Local
Government Area, which he said had
claimed many lives.
He said there had been distress calls from
members of the university community that
cult groups were unleashing mayhem in
the area.
“It was a distress call from the community; the
university community made a call that cult groups
were killing and they killed so many.
“And at the time when they (policemen) went to
inspect a site, they discovered more than 14
beheaded students at that particular time,” he
said.
He, however, vowed that the police would ensure
that the leaders and members of cult groups in the
area were arrested and charged to court.
Gwandu said, “We have a lot of issues with that
particular university. There are some senior
lecturers that were apprehended with firearms.
“So, we are going to arrest those who are
mentoring and those who are real cultists and
charge them to court. There is no going back.”
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