Policemen attached to the Igbotako Division of the Ondo State
Police Command have uncovered a hideout where suspected ritual killers
keep their victims. The hideout is located in Ago Oyinbo Community in
the Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state.
Police Command have uncovered a hideout where suspected ritual killers
keep their victims. The hideout is located in Ago Oyinbo Community in
the Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state.
According to residents, ritual killers had been using the hideout
for the past three years. Police investigations revealed that the
suspects, after kidnapping their victims, would bring them to the
location and slaughter them.
for the past three years. Police investigations revealed that the
suspects, after kidnapping their victims, would bring them to the
location and slaughter them.
Sequel to the discovery of the illegal activities of the suspects, PUNCH Metro reports that the youths of
the community were said to have reported to the police who reportedly
stormed the village and arrested about five people in connection with
the crime. The youths also reportedly demolished the building
the community were said to have reported to the police who reportedly
stormed the village and arrested about five people in connection with
the crime. The youths also reportedly demolished the building
When their correspondent visited the hideout at the village which
is a few kilometres from Benni-Ore-Ijebu Ode Expressway, the mud
building allegedly used for the act was found demolished while some of
the fetish items found there had been burnt.
is a few kilometres from Benni-Ore-Ijebu Ode Expressway, the mud
building allegedly used for the act was found demolished while some of
the fetish items found there had been burnt.
Also sighted at the hideout were: cow horns, clothes reportedly
belonging to some of the victims, palm fronds, bottles of gin,
calabashes, ‘Ghana must go’ bags among others .
belonging to some of the victims, palm fronds, bottles of gin,
calabashes, ‘Ghana must go’ bags among others .
Confirming the development, the Baale of the Ago Oyinbo, Chief
Moyebi Okeowo, explained that the ritual killers started using the
building in 2012 when the suspects came to him to beg for a space in the
village which they wanted to use for a location to shoot a movie.
Moyebi Okeowo, explained that the ritual killers started using the
building in 2012 when the suspects came to him to beg for a space in the
village which they wanted to use for a location to shoot a movie.
He said he asked somebody to take them to the owner of the land,
unknown to him that the suspects had an ulterior motive. He said:
unknown to him that the suspects had an ulterior motive. He said:
“They came to me to beg for a piece of
land to shoot their film. I told them I was not the owner of the land
and I took them to the brother of the landlord of the land who then took
them to the wife of the landlord in Akure.
I learnt they were authorised by the wife
of the landlord to use the land and since then they have been using the
land. I told their leader to go and report their activities to the
police and he later informed me that he had done so.”
The old man stated further that he was unaware of the activities
of the suspects until last Monday when he got the information that the
suspects were using human beings for sacrifice on the land.
of the suspects until last Monday when he got the information that the
suspects were using human beings for sacrifice on the land.
Also speaking with PUNCH, the Principal of Community Grammar
School in a neighbouring community of Kajola, in the Odigbo Local
Government area of the state, Mr. Joseph Edosama, said two of the
security guards of the school were among the suspects, for conspiring
with the suspected kidnappers.
School in a neighbouring community of Kajola, in the Odigbo Local
Government area of the state, Mr. Joseph Edosama, said two of the
security guards of the school were among the suspects, for conspiring
with the suspected kidnappers.
However the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Wole Ogodo,
when contacted on telephone said he had not been briefed on the case.
when contacted on telephone said he had not been briefed on the case.
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