We are not going back to LASPOTECH, we don’t want to die, frightened students say as Police quizzed Caretaker
Details have emerged on how a caretaker tricked two students of Lagos State Polytechnic into cultism.
The two students who have abandoned school for safety gave the details as the Lagos State Police Command has invited the caretaker for questioning.
The two victims, who said their lives had been under threat after going public about being initiated against their will, abandoned their studies at the institution.
The caretaker, identified as Ramadan, however, denied knowledge of the incident, but the students insisted he was behind their ordeal.
One of the undergraduates said they were on their way back to their hostel when Ramadan called them for a notorious cultist, who took them to the initiation ground.
The victim also noted that Ramadan met them at the initiation ground and cautioned them against informing anyone about the incident.
“I don’t want to die; I can’t go back to school; my colleague and I were told not to tell anybody what happened when we were initiated against our will. It was a caretaker, Ramadan, that called us for the cultists,” he said.
Ebun, the mother of one of the victims, said she officially reported the case to the school and the police authorities on Monday.
“My son said he does not want to die and that he can’t go back to school. We pleaded with their friends to help us bring their loads from their rooms to the park. I and a relative of the other boy reported to the school and the police. The school authorities assured us of their safety if they returned to continue their studies, but they said they can’t.”
