The Ogun police command says it has uncovered a
shrine belonging to ritualists and fraudsters in Iganke, a boundary town with
Lagos States.
The shrine, located deep in a forest was filled with charms
and other scary objects.
The Ogun Police Commissioner, Mr Ikemefuna
Okoye, who supervised the operation, told newsmen later that his men had been on
the lookout for shrines and others places where evils were
perpetrated.
He said the arrest of two members of the group in Abeokuta
led to the discovery of the shrine, and attributed the breakthrough to the
cooperation and collaboration with various communities in the area.
Okoye
said one of them tried to dupe someone of huge amount of money, but through
intelligent gathering we got to hear about it
``We immediately swung into
action and arrested two members of the syndicate, who brought us to this place
where they do all kind of things, including rituals and fraud.
``Our
investigation department is working tirelessly to get to know more about the
activities of these people, and take necessary actions.''
The
commissioner further said that the two suspects would be charged to court as
soon as investigation into the matter was concluded.
While thanking
members of the various communities for the cooperation extended to the force, he
charged anyone with useful information to supply such to the command.
``I
can assure you that the identity of anyone, who volunteered information that
will help us uncover men of the underworld will be highly shielded,’’ he
said.
The discovery was the second in three months after a similar shrine
was discovered in April at Mosinimi in the Shagamu Local Government Area of
Ogun.
Culled:news24nigeria/ NAN
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