By Adadareporters
Three students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, and five other suspects have been arrested over alleged cultism and illicit drugs peddling.
The poly’s director, public relations and protocol, Omale Uredo, on Wednesday, said the joint security team of the institution made the arrest on July 16, 2024.
The suspects, all of HND II in the Department of Business Administration, are Ajayi Oladipo, Isenre Ayomide, and Omonijo Sunday, the director stated, adding that the rest, all from Ekiti State but based in Abuja, are Otitoju Christopher, Babatope Ayomide, Isaiah Babatunde, Shina Ayodeji, and Makinde Olalekan.
The release read, “The arrest of the suspects was a result of proactive measures put in place by the management of the institution to checkmate infiltration of cultists and other outlawed groups and individuals who were reported to be planning to enter the campus with guns and other dangerous weapons in connivance with some cyber-crime suspects popularly known as yahoo yahoo.
“Their intent, it was gathered, was to cause harm to their targets and commotion on the campus during the ongoing second-semester examination.
“This was in the guise of their end-of-examination graduation ‘celebration’ rituals which the management had earlier banned due to security concerns.”
