SUG Vice President, 4 Others Arrested For Alleged Cultism In Offa Poly
SUG Vice President, 4 Others Arrested For Alleged Cultism In Offa Poly
The Vice president of the Student Union Government of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Tajudeen Selim has reportedly been arrested for his alleged involvement in cultism in the institution.
The Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Aminu Saleh on Tuesday, July 10, 2018, announced the arrest of the Polytechnic student union member.
The Police also arrested four other students of the Polytechnic. They are Temitope Omotosho, Adewusi Vincent, who is said to be an ex-student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Olanipekun Abimbola, and another suspect, Ayomide Ololade.
Suspected cultists were initiating new member before their arrest
According to the Police Commissioner, the students despite the alarm the police raised on cultists’ plans to mark cultism day on Saturday, the students ignored the warning and went ahead to initiate new members of the Aiye Confraternity.
The police said the students were arrested during the initiation of their new members.
The new members being initiated into cultism during before the arrest of the suspects according to the police are Akinsebikan George and Gbolahan Ogunleye.
The Police also said that the red and white regalia of Aiye Confraternity, razor blade, calabash and one live cartridge were recovered from the suspects.
However, the SUG Vice president, Selim, who is said to an HND II student in the Department of Quantity Surveying, said he is not a cult member saying that he had gone to settle some problems among the arrested suspects when the police nabbed him too.
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