BY DAUD OLATUNJI
ABEOKUTA — No fewer than 18 teenagers in two public  secondary schools in Ogun State have  been arrested by men of the  Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for cultism and breach of peace.

The Public Relations Officer  of the Corps, Kareem  Olanrewaju,  who disclosed this to newsmen in  Abeokuta, yesterday, said seven of the students  were arrested  at  Nazareth  High School in Imeko in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of  the State while 11 were nabbed at Lisabi High School, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.

According to Olanrewaju, the seven secondary school students arrested in Imeko were caught while they were initiating some students into cultism on Tuesday while the 11 students of LisabiHigh School were apprehended, yesterday.

“These seven students of Nazareth were arrested at the school premises while they were initiating new members into cultism  by making incisions  on their bodies .

“We also arrested 11 students of LisabiHigh School for conducting themselves in a way that breached peace  in the School.”

Asked if the command would charge them to court for  the alleged crime, the NSCDC spokesman said the students would not be charged to court because of their age, which  he described as non-prosecutable .

He said: “We will not charge them to court because of their age. They are underaged and cannot be prosecuted. The command will meet  with the Ministry of Education in the state  to decide what to do  to with them.”

“We observed that, they have been misguided, now that   they have been caught , there is need to guide them, we will give them right knowledge.

“We want the government to introduce Civic Education in  secondary schools so as to reduce the level of these immorality amongst our Children .

“We have discovered  in the cause  of our investigation  that parents  are not contributing  enough to better the future  of their Children, rather they  have devoted  much of the  time to other things.