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Three undergraduates of the University of Lagos and another unidentified visitor to the institution have been arrested by the Lagos Police Command for allegedly being members of a cult group.

The students- Fehintola Oluwatobi, a 400 level Biochemistry student; Sunday Fatoki, a 300 level Biochemistry student; and Omotola, a 300 level Biology student-were allegedly arrested at the university on February 7, 2013.

PUNCH Metro gathered that the arrests were prompted by some gunshots heard during the schools convocation on Feburary 5.

A student, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, On the first day of the convocation, we heard gunshots around Amina Hall, near the Faculty of Education.

Some policemen who were within campus at the time assisted the school security and arrested one of the suspects.

The suspect was arrested with a locally-made gun and later handed over to the University Security officials who later handed them over to the Sabo police division.

However, sources told PUNCH Metro that six more students were arrested at about 2am on February 7 by the schools hostel security.

A source said, I learnt the boys were all asleep when the hostel security men barged into their room. They were first taken to the school security post and questioned. Eventually, three of them were later released while the remaining were detained. After some hours, they were taken to the Special Anti Robbery Squad, Ikeja and have been there ever since.

UNILAG Dean of Students, Prof Kayode Amud, when contacted said, I heard just like you that some students were arrested during the convocation week. As I am yet to get full details of that report, I cannot say for certain that the persons in question are actually students of the university.

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Three UNILAG students arrested for cultism