Three secondary school teenage students have been arrested by the police during a suspected cult initiation ceremony in Owode-Yewa area of Ogun State.
The suspects, aged 12, 18 and 18, were arrested following intelligence about a planned cult-related activity tagged ‘Kito Day’, involving students from different secondary schools, spokesperson for Ogun Police Command, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed in a statement in Abeokuta on Friday.
According to Babaseyi, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Owode-Yewa, deployed detectives in collaboration with the Vigilante Group of Nigeria to the scene on Thursday.
He added that the operation led to the arrest of the three suspects and the recovery of an axe, two knives, a short cutlass, a rubber toy gun and a school bag.
Babaseyi said that the case would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta for further investigation and possible prosecution.
‘The case will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Eleweran, Abeokuta, today, Friday for further investigation and possible prosecution,’ he said.