The Police in Osun state have burst a ritual den in Ilobu, Irepodun local government area of Osun state where nefarious activities have been going on for quite a long time in the town.
The ritualists’ den situated around Molete area of Ilobu spread across a big building housing many shrines and several adjoining houses used by the suspected ritualists.
The den according to the commissioner of police Fimihan Adeoye was discovered due to a tip off.
He said:
“We acted on a a reliable tip off which led to the arrest of two brothers of same parent while their kingpin and leader is still at large.”
Of particular interest was the discovery of a dungeon with path which connects one of the shrines to another. Several statues and hundreds of bottles of alcoholic drink were scattered around the shrine.
Some shallow graves were also seen scattered around the building in what the police say they are still investigating to be sure that they are graves of some of the fraudsters’ victims who might have died in their custody.
Residents who spoke on the condition of anonymity said they will have a sigh of relief for the ritualists cumming fraudsters have been causing a lot of havoc in the area. “We knew they were operating on a large scale fraudulent activity but we cannot report them because of the fear of being attacked
One of the victims of the fraudsters who doesn’t want his name in the print revealed that he was defrauded of over eleven million Naira.
CP Adeoye then appealed to the general public to always feel free in sharing reliable information with the police assuring them of utmost protection when such information is given.
