The President of the Students Union Government of the Federal Polytechnic , Ilaro , Ogun State, Adegboye Olatunji , has been arrested for alleged cult activities.

A clip of the arrest , which trended on the social media , showed Olatunji and one Olanrewaju Taiwo being taken away by vigilantes and the police.

A group of residents , who hailed the arrests in the video, urged security agencies to quiz the student leader for the identities of other members of the cult .

“ He has his ID card on him . If they interrogate him well , he will disclose where the others are , ” a man said in Yoruba .

PUNCH Metro learnt that Olatunji , a Higher National Diploma II student of Banking and Finance , was elected the union ’ s president in December 2019 .

Our correspondents gathered that the students ’ parliament impeached him on Monday after the news of his arrest broke on the Internet .

“ He was replaced by Oyelusi Damilare . He was not the winner of the election actually , but the school authority thought he had a cool and gentle face and that was why they made him the president .

“ His other members are suspecting the guy that came second in the election . There was a serious fight between two cult groups at Orita last night ( Sunday ) , ” a Twitter user , who identified himself as Bisi , stated .

The police in Ogun said the student leader and Taiwo were arrested on Sunday during initiation rites .

The state Police Public Relations Officer , Abimbola Oyeyemi , in a statement , noted that the suspects were caught in the bush in the regalia of the Black Axe cult .
He noted that the suspects had been taken into custody .

Oyeyemi said , “ The duo were arrested following information received by the police at the Ilaro division from members of the public that a group of people suspected to be cultists were sighted in a bush at Gbogidi area of Ilaro where they were trying to initiate new members into their dreaded group .

“ On receiving the information , the DPO Ilaro division, CSP Olayemi Jacob , mobilised his patrol team and swiftly moved to the scene where the two suspects were arrested with the assistance of members of the public , while others escaped through the bush .

“ The two arrested cultists, who were in full regalia of the dreaded Black Axe cult , were taken into custody at the Ilaro divisional headquarters where they are being currently interrogated. ”

The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson , had ordered the transfer of the suspects to the Anti -Cultism Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation .

The polytechnic , in a statement by its Deputy Registrar and Head of Public Relations, Sola Abiala, said Olatunji had been suspended .

“ This is consequent upon the foiling of the meeting of some cult groups from the neighbouring community by the security architecture and network of the polytechnic , the local vigilante group in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services .

“ The suspension of Mr . Olatunji is in line with the act establishing the polytechnic and the provisions of the students handbook coupled with the polytechnic ’ s zero tolerance for cultism , pending his appearance before the students disciplinary committee to establish his culpability or otherwise . ”

Source:- Punchng

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