Ritualists’ den uncovered in Lagos

                                                    

Two suspected ritualists smoked out from the tunnel were burnt alive, while two others were arrested by policemen and soldiers. The incident happened at Obadeyi Bus Stop, Ijaiye-Ojokoro, along the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.

We gathered that some staff of Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), responsible for sweeping the road, heard a woman shouting for help in a canal leading to the tunnel.

Concerned about the woman’s plight, the LAWMA staff alerted passersby, who attempted to enter the tunnel but could, as it was dark. The police and members of the vigilance group, Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), were alerted.

An eyewitness, Wasiu Abiodun, said “When we looked through the carnal, we saw pants and clothes believed to be from victims of ritual killings. There is a tunnel that links the two sides of the expressway.

“We called the police, who arrived in company of soldiers attached to OP MESA. When the security agencies came, some of us entered the tunnel, and heard footsteps of people running further into the tunnel under the expressway. We were able to catch four people in there.

“Two of them were set ablaze. The other two were rescued from the crowd by the policemen and soldiers, who took them away. 

“While the crowd was beating the two suspects, who were later set ablaze, one of them confessed that they were ritualists, who abducted people, killed them and used their body parts for rituals.”

He revealed that this confession infuriated the crowd, which descended on the suspects and set them, ablaze.

A member of the OPC, Jasmine, said the  police were afraid to enter the tunnel, and boasted: “We entered, the tunnel was dark. We saw some charms and fetish objects; we also saw people’s clothes, but we did not see the woman who was crying for help.

“One of the suspects who was set ablaze told us that they were 28 in number. Four suspects have been found. The police and Army took away one suspect each alive.  So, we still have 24 in the tunnel. We will see to their end; if it is going to take a week, we will remain here until we fish them out.”