The joint security team of Kogi state polytechnic Lokoja, has arrested three students of the institution and five others suspected to be members of a secret society and hard drug peddlers.
In a statement issued by the Director for Public Relations and Protocol of the Polytechnic, Omale Uredo, the arrests were made during the ongoing second-semester examination for the 2023/2024 academic session, following the proactive measures put in place by the management of the institution to checkmate activities of cultists and other outlawed groups and individuals.
She further disclosed that the management decided to intensify further security strategies by banning all forms of the second-semester examination on the campus in whatever guise.