The Kwara Police Command have confirmed the killing of two suspected cult students during an attack on security detectives.

A statement from the command in Ilorin said some cultists on Saturday attacked a team of police detectives from the Special Tactical Squad (STS) FIB, Abuja, thereby causing pandemonium around the Kwara State Polytechnic gate, Ilorin.

The statement by the command’s spokesperson, Ajayi Okasanmi, explained that the team came on the trail of some cultists in the area.

It said that four of the cultists were arrested and dangerous weapons recovered from the suspects.

Also, the police said some of the cultists were hiding at the Lajolo area of Kwara Polytechnic Ilorin, where they similarly attacked a student named Idris Aderemi, at about 6:00 a.m. on Saturday.

“This prompted the visit to the area by the STS team. Surprisingly, the cultists who were already in ambush, attacked the police team damaging the police Hummer bus, and inflicting a gunshot injury on the head of one police Sergeant, Adebayo Abdulahi, attached to the STS team.

“In the ensuing imbroglio, students in their numbers came out to block the road and prevented free flow of traffic and burning tyres on the road.

“However, two cultists, one Ahmed ‘m’ surname unknown, and one Musibau ‘m’ A.K.A Shaban, were arrested with one fabricated English pistol with three live ammunition, two live cartridges and one pistol magazine.”

The statement noted that injured suspects and the officer had been taken to the hospital for treatment 

Reacting to the development, the polytechnic management described as misinformation that the institution’s campus was under siege by students’ protest.

The school’s Public Relations Officer, Yunus Abdulkadir, explained that the incident “was between the police and Lajolo community and has nothing to do with the polytechnic students or the campus, as first semester CBT examinations are going on right now at the Campus without any disturbance.”

(NAN)