Police arrest 11 over suspected cult initiation near UNICAL

Cross River State Police Command has arrested 11 men over alleged cult initiation activities in a bush near the Engineering Department of the University of Calabar, UNICAL. The suspects were arrested on Thursday, October 22, following a distress call from the university, according to a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Eitokpah Sunday Akata, on Friday. The statement said operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit, VCRU, Satellite Town, Calabar, responded to the report at about 10:30 am and joined the university’s internal security personnel to cordon off the area. Those arrested were identified as Ogar Favour, 25; David Akpa, 27; Gift Emmanuel, 24; Aaron Favo...