Kidnappers den was uncovered in
Soka, community in Ibadan, Oyo State, south-west, Nigeria .It gathered that an abandoned
property belongs to
Black Horse Plastic factory at
Idi Mangoro area was discovered with about 15 chained people suspected to have been kidnapped.
The discovery was
said to have been made when some people who were looking for their
missing family member, an okada rider, stumbled on the building situated in an
undeveloped part of the community, and from where they were hearing
voices.
On entering the
building, the people who made the discovery reportedly met the inmates who were
highly malnourished .One of them was looking like a skeleton and in the throes
of death with his mouth hanging open while he groaned in pain as flies hovered
around his mouth, nose and eyes.
Human bones were
also found inside a well in front of the eight-room building said to belong to
Ponti Construction Company. The building beside it, it was learnt, also
belonged to Black Horse Plastic Company.Also discovered were many shoes, bags, clothes and other accessories were
found in two containers which stood beside the house while mobile numbers 08140574774
and 07038651723 with the name ’Friba’ and 08061197191 with the name ‘Koko Aram’
were also written on the inside wall of the building.Identification
cards with names such as Mr Rafiu Alamu (tanker driver) and national
identity and First Bank ATM cards belonging to one Mrs Janet Motunrayo Lemo
were also found at the scene.
The Operation
Burst and policemen from Sanyo arrived at the scene and arrested four men who
claimed to be security guards of the building which belongs to Black Horse.
One of the security
guard who gave his name as Abideen Akanmu, said that he was brought to the
building by one Gbadamosi to watch over the house inmates and disclosed that
Gbadamosi used to bring people who were dirty looking. “We would bring them and
shave their heads,” he disclosed.
A member of
the community who spoke anonymously said: “when I got there, I saw
people who were like mad people but on a closer look, I saw that they were not
really mad, but had gone through starvation. Some of them said they had been there
for two years while others said seven months.
“I was told that
some of them died from starvation. That was why I called the chairman of
Oluyole Local Government, Prince Abass Alesinloye so that he could see
things himself.”
Another community leader,
Dr Amodu Akeem, a lecturer at Lead City
University also said: “At about 10.45am, I received a call from a
neighbour who intimated me of the discovery in our community.
“When I got
there, I discovered that they were not mad people as they spoke Yoruba and English
fluently. They were about 15. That prompted us to alert the local government chairman.”
They both
appealed to the government to intensify patrol in the neighbourhood as the
community had become endangered with what was discovered.
One of the
inmates who gave his name as Tunji Alabi said he was a conductor when he was
abducted and brought to the house. He said he had spent seven months. Another
female inmate said she just delivered of a baby on Friday and the baby was
immediately taken away.
A community member
also alleged that the security guards were just disguising, labelling them as
killers. He said the kidnapped people were sane but were malnourished. He also
added that all of them were met chained.
The
chairman of Oluyole Local
Government, Prince Abass
Alesinloye said he had already called the attention of the Special Adviser to
the governor on Security Matters to the matter.He added that he
had called security agents such as Operation Burst and Divisional Police Officer, Sanyo Division so that the place would be
secured.
Culled: Sunday
Tribune
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