The 14 arrested Junior Secondary School (JSS) pupils a fortnight ago for alleged cultism in Benin, the Edo State capital, are undergoing re-orientation, the police said yesterday.
Police spokesman Stephen Onwochei, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), spoke in Benin on the update of the arrest.
He said: “We are interacting with the children with a view to re-orientating them so that they can be better leaders of tomorrow.
“Their matter is still being handled, considering their ages. They can be brought to the proper track, but that does not mean we are undermining the law governing juvenile offenders.
“While their matter is still being handled legally, we are equally incorporating the human angle in trying to re-orientate them.”
The 14 JSS pupils of Oguola Secondary School at Saint Savour, Benin, were apprehended when a crack team of policemen stormed their school on May 14.
The police said items believed to be emblems and paraphernalia of notorious cult groups were recovered from the pupils whose ages range from 13 to 15.
