UNICROSS SUG PRESIDENT AMONG 11 ARRESTED OVER ALLEGED CULT INITIATION NEAR UNICAL, DENIES INVOLVEMENT
The Cross River State Police Command has arrested three University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) students and nine others over suspected gang initiation involvement.
Among the three UNICROSS students, is the Students Union Government (SUG) President identified as Ogar Favour Johobe (also known as noble) of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. The other two are identified as David Abubu (also known as Barracks boy) who just signed out from the Department of Physics and David Ankpa from the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
The 11 suspects were said to have engaged in gang initiation activities near the University of Calabar (UNICAL).
According to Cross River Police Command in a press release issued by its spokesman, ASP Sunday Eitokpah, the incidents occurred on October 22, 2026.
Police said operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), Satellite Town, Calabar, responded to a distress call from the university at about 10:30AM over suspected gang initiation activities in a bush near the institution’s Engineering Department.
The police, working with the university’s internal security personnel, cordoned off the area and arrested the 11 male suspects.
Police identifies them as Ogar Favour, 25; David Akpa, 27; Gift Emmanuel, 24; Aaron Favour, 24; David Abubu, 25; Victor Emmanuel Eyibo, 26; Oghenemaro Hendrix, 24; James Ede Joseph, 22; Charles Ekeng, 21; Edu Nkanu, 26; and Ogabor John Odey, 24.
According to the police, a Lexus 350 saloon car, reportedly abandoned by an individual who fled the scene, and three motorcycles were recovered during the operation.
The Command said investigations were ongoing to establish the individual roles of the suspects and the circumstances surrounding the reported activity.
The release added that no connection between the recovered vehicles and the alleged gang-related activity had been established.
However, in a statement issued today, Johobe denied any involvement in cultism or an unlawful gathering, describing reports linking him to cult initiation as false and damaging. He maintained that his visit to UNICAL was to consult a friend seeking a position in NACRISS Worldwide, claiming he was asked to identify himself by security operatives and taken to the station without being questioned or asked to make a statement. He has called on the police to clarify the reports attributed to the command, while investigations remain ongoing.
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