…Told that Jesus will come to meet them in September
Some scores of kids allegedly detained since about six months ago have been found in the underground basement of a church in Valentino area of Ondo City.
The unfortunate victims, according to a statement by a non-governmental organisation on the aegis of ‘Ekimogun Youths Connect’ said the kids believed to be about 50 in number were kept in the church’s confinement.
Already, the rescued kids, the pastors and some members of the church, were all taken to the state police headquarters for interrogation on Saturday.
The group, in a statement issued by its president, Mr Famakinwa Lucas kakaki, said that the pastor, the church workers and the people under lock have been arrested and whisked to Akure, the state capital.
Kakaki said that his organisation swung into action together with the police and the Amotekun officers to rescue the victims.
Kakaki further said; “About 14:00hrs of yesterday, Friday 1st of July, 2022, I was reliably informed that a particular Church in Valentino, Ondo City, called ‘Ondo Church’ , locked people up in the church for over six months, telling them that Jesus Christ will come and meet them by September this year.
“The National President of the Great Constitutional Rights and Justice Forum, in person of Comrade Omotayo Omolayo, was also briefed and we mobilised down to the venue and we met about 50 people locked up in the church.
“The church has rooms where the pastor locked his members. The process of rescuing these ones with the help of Police officers, Amotekun, Atariajanaku and vigilante group, caused a lot of pandemonium that the people under lock started beating us,” he said.
