CULTISM: AAU Professor, lecturers reportedly arrested in possession of pump-action rifles
Three lecturers of Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma (AAU) have been arrested for allegedly engaging in cultism on the school’s campus.
The unnamed lecturers, including a professor, were allegedly caught in possession of firearms.
The Edo State Police Command said on Monday that a double-barrelled gun, single-barrelled gun and one pump action gun were recovered from the professor.
“The professor was arrested. He was granted bail. The case is under investigation,” the Commissioner of Police, Haliru Gwandu, who disclosed to newsmen in Benin.
Gwandu lamented the high rate of cultism in and around the institution, which he said had claimed many lives.
“It was a distress call from the community; the university community made a call that cult groups were killing and they killed so many. And when the (policemen) went to inspect a site, they discovered more than 14 beheaded students at that particular time,” he said.
“We have a lot of issues with that particular university. There are some senior lecturers that were apprehended with firearms. So, we are going to arrest those who are mentoring and those who are real cultists and charge them to court. There is no going back,” he added.
