Edo State Police Command has dispatched a team of detectives from Benin City to the university town of Ekpoma to unravel the mystery surrounding the recent killing of students of Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, by suspected cultists at the Ihunmudumun area of the town.
Police From far away Osun State, where he is temporarily based to ensure a peaceful governorship election, which comes up tomorrow, Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, disclosed that some arrests had been made in connection with the killings.
Kokumo, who spoke with journalists on his mobile phone, yesterday said: “Yes, some arrests have been made and the suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department headquarters in Benin. “Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, I must admit is a den of cultists.
The killing was as a result of a fight between rival cult groups. We are determined to get to the root of the matter and check the rising wave of cultism at the school and other tertiary institutions in the state. We can’t tolerate the situation.”
An eyewitness described it like a scene from a Nollywood movie, where heavily armed gunmen were said to have stormed the party in a commando style, brandishing sophisticated assault guns, which they fired sporadically at the dancing students.