Twelve students of the Federal Polytechnic in Ado-Ekiti were yesterday paraded by the police for alleged involvement in cultism.
The police also paraded a female trader in whose drinking joint the suspected cult members were arrested.
The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr. Yomi Akinlaja, said the suspects were arrested following a tip-off that they were holding a meeting of Eiye Confraternity at the location.
Akinlaja alleged that two of the 12 suspected cult members robbed a trader in Ado-Ekiti last week and left a note threatening that they would repeat the operations in no distant time.
The police chief said a sledge hammer, a stainless steel knife, five short cutlasses, one UTC axe, charms, red muffler, beret, canvas shoes and blue beret, laptops, DVD tape, one small hammer, which were on display were among the various items recovered from the suspects.
He said that the suspects would be charged to court after investigations.
This was as the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had taken custody of 122kg of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) kept inside a classroom in a private secondary school in Ado-Ekiti.
NDLEA Assistant State Commander (Operations and Intelligence) Mr. Samson Ofila, said the hemps bagged inside 10 sacks were said to have been dumped there by unknown drug dealers apparently because the NDLEA had dislodged the drugs dealers from their hideouts at Atikankan, Ojumose and other areas demolished by the state government for urban renewal.
Ofila, who spoke on behalf of the NDLEA Commander, Mr. Bamidele Akingbade, said the school proprietor discovered the exhibits and reported his finding to the agency.
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