Mayhem was unleashed, as children who were part of the 77 persons, rescued from an underground cell of Whole Bible Believers Church, popularly known as ‘Ondo Church’ in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State, declined to follow their parents home until after their ‘Pastors’ are released by the police.
The twist became more amazing, as the parents of most of the victims cried out, over the refusal of their children to go home with them.
According to them, this is as a result of the alleged hypnotising of the children and adults among them.
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Reports had it that this was the situation on Monday at the Ondo State Police Command Headquarters, Akure when the force planned to hand over the victims to their parents and family members.
According to some of the parents who besieged the police headquarters, their children have insisted that they will not leave the station until the arrested pastors are freed.
While lamenting that the children had been hypnotised with what they described as black magic, the parents maintained that the victims should be thoroughly examined psychologically.
A father of one of the victims, Michael Olohunyomi, disclosed that her 21-year-old daughter, Priscilla, had refused to eat since Saturday claiming that the pastor must be released.
The distraught father said;
I was a member of that church and I was there for 32 years. Everything about the church changed when Peter Josiah became an assistant pastor in the church. He brought in destructive heresy.
After they were brought to Akure on Saturday. My daughter was released to me but my daughter said she will not follow me. She said until all those who were arrested are released, she will not follow me. At the end of the day, I overpowered her and took her home.
The State Commissioner for Women Affairs and social development, Princess Bunmi Osadahun said, the state government was working towards rehabilitating the victims.
From the Ministry, we must do family tracing. We must get some background information on how these children became so hypnotised and got indoctrinated. On those that will be needing rehabilitation, we will have to work legally to take custody of those ones.
