A 19-member gang of teenage cultists has been unmasked in All Souls’ Anglican Grammar School, Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

The gang included six female junior and senior secondary school pupils.

The Head teacher, Mrs. Grace Ibikunle, said the students belong to the ‘Eye Confraternity’.

Mrs. Ibikunle said the pupils said they were not forced to join the gang.

She said although the gang has been in existence for about three years, their activities were exposed by a parent.

Mrs. Ibikunle said: “It was the father of one of the female students, who noticed a strange mark on his daughter’s body and followed her to the school. The girl told her father that she was injured by a male pupil, who had been making advances at her.

“The boy was summoned and he confessed. He mentioned the names of other members of the gang and when we investigated the matter, 19 of them were exposed.

“The females have inscriptions, such as Lady G, Lady D, Lady Elizabeth and several others, on various parts of their bodies.

“Some parents reported the matter at the Divisional Police Station on Iyin Road and the students were detained briefly, but they were released because no weapon was found on them.”

The head teacher lamented the school’s closeness to the satellite campus of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, which shares a boundary with the school.

She said: “Things will change, if perimeter fencing is put in place as a barrier between the school and other institutions. We have told parents to be observant and interested in their children’s activities.”

Police spokesman Victor Babayemi confirmed the incident. He said: “The students were arrested following complaints from their teachers and parents of their involvement in cultism.

“They have been released on bail to their parents after interrogation. No weapon was found on them.”





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