Three persons have been arrested for allegedly initiating 35 students of various tertiary institutions in Edo State into cultism. They were arrested at Ogbese forest in Ovia North East Local Government.
Names of the suspects were given as Kingsley Nwachukwu, Amoo Oboba and Innocent Essien.
It was learnt that 15 of the students were from a particular tertiary institution in the state.
The suspects were said to have specialized to moving from state to state to initiate students into cultism.
Policemen were said to have swooped on them during the initiation ceremony following a tip-off.
The three suspects were nabbed while attempting to escape the scene.
Edo police spokesman, DSP Stephen Onwochei, said a locally made revolver pistol and three live cartridges were recovered from a car belonging to the suspects.
DSP Onwochei said the police would investigate cult related activities and armed robbery because of the high rate of armed robbery in the area.
He said the suspects would soon be charged to court.
Source thenationonlineng
