Ogun State police uncovered Ritualist den

Ogun State Police  Command  has  uncovered a spiritualists’ den in Iyana-Ilogbo axis of Sango-Ota area of the state, and arrested two suspects. Sunday Vanguard learnt that policemen  attached to  Sango Police State, and the Special Anti-Robbery Squad team  swooped on  a  building, acting on a tip off from a member of the community, and arrested the two suspects. 

The  den was located within an abandoned Ayokunnu filling station, about 20 metres from the popular Iyana Ilogbo bus stop, along Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. The two suspected ritualists arrested in the den were identified as Babatunde Taofeek and Hammed Hassan. It was further gathered  that inside the den were a decomposing body of a male victim, clothes, shoes, wigs, matchetes, and bags. 

A  resident, who pleaded anonymity, told  vanguard correspondent that  two victims in the custody of the ritualists’ escaped from the building and an  attempt by them (ritualists) to recapture them  led to the discovery of the den. Prompt response by the police led to the arrest of the suspects while two other persons suspected to be members of the gang were reported to have escaped. When vanguard correspondent visited the den, scores of residents thronged the building, with some recording the scene on their phones. When contacted, Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.