The police and some members of the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety
Corps, LNSC, have arrested 11 secondary school students suspected to be
cultists. The suspects were allegedly terrorising members of the public
with dangerous weapons in the state.The Divisional Police Officer of Olosan Police Station, Adekunle
Ominsakin, who confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on
Sunday, said all the suspects belonged to the ”Gang Star’’ cult.
Mr. Ominsakin said the suspects claimed to have been in existence since
2013 operating as students, stressing that they were between 17 years
and 18 years old.
“One student-suspect was brought to our station by LNSC on Friday. Our
investigation led to the arrest of 10 other students, including a female
student,” Mr. Omisankin said.
The spokesperson for the Lagos Neighborhood Safety Corps, Adewale
Afolabi, said that they had also arrested a JSS3 student, who was
allegedly terrorising members of the public with dangerous weapons such
as knives and machetes.
Mr. Afolabi said that the suspect, who resides at No. 243, Agege Motor
Road, Ojuwoye in Mushin, Lagos Mainland, was alleged to be a student of a
secondary school in Igbo Owu, Kwara.
“He had been terrorising the people and students of the area. The LNSC
operational team arrested the suspect following intelligence information
from the public”.
He confessed to the crime and also exposed his 16-member gang by giving their names and their hideouts to the LNSC.
Mr. Afolabi said that the suspect had been transferred to the Olosan Police Station, Mushin for further investigation.
NAN
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