Police Rescues 2 Suspected Ritual Killers In Lagos
Two suspected ritualists were on Thursday rescued at Ile-Zik section of Agege Motor Road in Lagos State from being set ablaze after some residents raised the alarm that the man and women may be ritualists, killing innocent people for rituals at night in the area.
It was learnt that the man and woman pretending to be unstable mentally were seriously beaten as a result of suspicion that they may be part of a ring of ritual killers who pose as mad men and women in Lagos metropolis to perpetrate heinous crimes.
The men who took laws into their hands were said to have beaten the duo and set ablaze their place of abode which is a quadrangle where a billboard and a wired fence for electricity generating set is located.
Officers of the Nigeria Police Force were quickly alerted and they swung into action to rescue the victims from being set ablaze.
Commuters and motorists plying the road the roadside from Anifowose Ikeja down to ile-zik end has become a dangerous place to drive and pass by at night as people had been waylaid and attacked at that area of Agege motor road for years according to persons that ply the route.
“ The man and woman who were taken away were suspected to be perpetrators of the many crimes along that route. Even as different places in the area suspected to be their dug out were torched, clothing materials, women under wears and condoms were seen at the area.
An artisan who works in the area countered that they were not ritualists. The man named Eddie said that he had been working in the area since 1996 and that he occasionally sees a homeless young man at the place and the person looked deranged.
He noted that though the area is dangerous at night as passer-byes have been attacked in the past.
He said, “Those people taken away by police are not ritualists as I have seen a woman and a man sleep at the place. Last month, I even went to scatter the place to discourage people from sleeping in that place as it is dangerous. Police men should look into it as there are different public places even by the road used by mad people to live in.”
As events unfolded,mammoth crowd gathered around the expressway, hindering smooth vehicular movement.
It was learnt that three suspects believed to be ritualists were whisked away from the scene with Rapid Response Squad vehicles to prevent them from being lynched by aggrieved crowd.
Police source said they were all smoked out of the disused drainage channels with tear gas.
The building said to be a warehouse is presently being guarded by RRS Officers to prevent it from being burnt down.
