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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Police Command in Ekiti has arrested eight suspected members of four different secret cult groups at the campus of the Ekiti State University on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

A statement on Wednesday by the Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Sunday Abutu, said that the arrest followed a report that members of some cult groups were disturbing the peace in the institution\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n

Abutu said that on May 7, at about 6:00p.m., the Command received a distress call that some suspected members of Buccaneer confraternity, Alora confraternity and Sea Lord groups were conducting themselves in a manner that could cause breach of peace in the institution\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Command immediately deployed the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) to the scene where eight suspects including two final year student of political science, a 400 level computer Science and 300 level accounting student and two 300 level sociology students were arrested,\u201d Abutu said.<\/p>\n

Others arrested, he said, were a 2023 graduate of the institution, and another in the department of political science having an extra year.<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring the operation, some of the fleeing gang members fired gunshots at the Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) conveying the RRS operatives and damaging the vehicle\u2019s wind screen,\u201d the Command\u2019s spokesman said.<\/p>\n

According to him, items recovered from the arrested suspects included two yellow face caps with Buccaneer Confraternity logo and some paraphernalia of Alora and Sea Lord confraternities.<\/p>\n

Abutu said that effort was in progress to arrest the fleeing gang members and recover the weapons in their possession.<\/p>\n

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