A house suspected to be used for
ritual purposes has been uncovered in Ado Odo Community, Ota Local
Government Area by the Ogun state police.
A young boy was said to have been rescued from the bungalow which is surrounded by no fewer than three primary schools.
The suspected killer’s den. Inset: Toilet stained with blood
According
to a resident named Jamiu Abisogun, the den was discovered after a
young boy who was hawking belts was abducted by the suspected
kidnappers.
Recounting what happened,
he said a man on the street who wanted to buy belt was negotiating
price with the boy before he was called into the building by one of the
suspected kidnappers.
After 2 hours,
the boy was still not out of the building which aroused suspicion from
the man on the street, prompting him to report to the police. he was
said to have gone to the Itele Police Station where he told them about
his suspicion.
Policemen from the
station then sprang into action and stormed the building but they
couldn't gain access in and had to leave but they returned in the
evening and forcefully broke into the house.
They
found the young boy locked in the toilet and badly injured with blood
gushing out of his body while the kidnappers were nowhere to be found as
they had fled the building.
Items
found in the building include, foot wares and clothes belonging to kids
and women, and an Identity Card with the tag, ‘Dada Temitope- Principle
for Men, specialist in English and Native Dresses.
PUNCH reports that some angry residents mobilised and attacked the building, damaging it and setting some parts ablaze.
The
Chairman, Itele-Awori Area Community Development Committee, Olatunji
Onaolapo, appealed to the police to get to the root of the matter.
According to the Itele Police Station, the matter had been transferred to Area G Command, Sango.
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