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A ritualist den has been uncovered at Iyana-Ilogbo, Otta in Ogun State by men of the Nigerian Polioce Force.
Two men were said to have been arrested at the den which is an abandoned Ayokunnu Filling Station along the Lagos/Abeokuta Express Road.
The arrested suspects were identified as Hammed Hassan and Babatunde Taofeek.
Mysterious things that looked like the remains of a corpses, clothes, shoes, wigs, a matchete and bags were among things found at the den. Also found were decomposing and decomposed human parts.
It was learnt that two victims who initially been taken to the den to be killed, escaped and effort by the ritualists to recapture them failed. The victims reportedly raised alarm which led to the arrest of the two of the ritual gang while other escaped.
Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who confirmed the incident, said the den was discovered at about 7am, and that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Sango Division and men of the Anti-Robbery Squadý acted swiftly and arrested two suspects.
Adejobi said the suspects were found at the scene in possession of the lifeless body of a man believed to have been killed by their gang.
He disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdulmajid Ali, has ordered that the case be transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Command, at Eleweran, Abeokuta for further investigation while efforts are on to arrest the owner of the abandoned filling station.
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