There was pandemonium again on Thursday evening at Ile Zik Bus Stop along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, as workers in the area raised the alarm of another suspected ritualists’ den
Three suspects, one of them said to be pretending as a mad man, holding an iPhone was arrested by the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad and other policemen, who took charge of the situation to forestall a breakdown of law and order.
The Nigerian Tribune gathered that one of the arrested suspects had escaped into a drainage hole but was choked out with teargas by policemen.
The Nigerian Tribune also gathered that it all started on Thursday morning, when some passersby noticed some movements around the abandoned manhole in Ile Zik Bus Stop.
The passersby reportedly searched the area and recovered what was suspected to be human parts and raised the alarm, prompting the state police command to deploy some policemen to the scene .
An eye witness, Kenneth, who spoke with the Nigerian Tribune said: “This afternoon, some people saw some people in a manhole and attempted to bring them out.
“Earlier in the morning, some people said that they recovered some human parts from the area but none of the suspects was arrested.”
He also added that “when the people insisted that the suspects were hiding in the manhole, the police shot tear gas into the drainage and one man jumped out.”
He was arrested, while one other person, who was found wandering around the manhole was also arrested by the police, who prevented the angry mob from lynching them.
One more suspected member of the gang was later arrested by a combined team of policemen and passersby, who joined in the operation to chase out the suspected ritualists.
A senior policeman, who spoke with Nigerian Tribune, under the condition of anonymity confirmed that “Yes, as you can see, we have arrested three suspects but we have not established the incident of ritual killings.
Efforts to get the reaction of the image maker in charge of the state police command, Olarinde Famous–Cole, failed as calls to his mobile phone were not answered as of the time of filing this report.
The operation to arrest others members of the gang was still on as at the time of filing this report following the reported claim from one of the arrested suspects that more people were still hiding in the holes.