Police uncovers 20 corpses of ritual victims in Oyo, Rescues 23

Rescued Victim – Photo Credit: Vanguard

About 20 bodies of persons believed to have been used for ritual purposes were found on Saturday, in Soka, Oluyole local government area of Oyo State.

Also, 18 men and five women, believed to have been bewitched and bound with fetters in a dungeon, were found and rescued.

It was gathered that one of the women reportedly delivered a baby and was sold to a waiting buyer among those who always come to the area at night to buy human parts.

According to a report in Vanguard, some of the captives were too weak to tell their stories.

It was gathered that some Fulani cattle rearers grazed their cattle in the bush around the area and uncovered the ritualists’ den.
One Akeem Isiaka, 38, has been arrested in connection with the incident and taken to Sanyo Police Station.

Containers and wells containing human parts including were also discovered in the bush.

A woman, Titi Adeniyi, had told reporters that she had been held captive for more than two years.

-Daily Post.