A suspected ritualists’ hideout has been discovered close to the Ondo State House of Assembly in the Alagbaka area of Akure.
The two storey building is located in an isolated area around Igbatoro Road just behind the Gani Fawehinmi Arcade.
The abandoned uncompleted building was discovered by the residents of the area who suspected that some men were always inside the building performing numerous secret activities on a daily basis.
The building, which is not too far from the state police command, Akure, according to a resident of the state capital, had been abandoned for a long time and many residents of the area did not know the owner.
According to him, a security operative attached to one of the buildings in the area recently shot a bird on a tree beside the isolated building.
“On hearing the booming of a gun, the suspected criminals fled the building,” he said.
Littered in the building were women’s underwear, sandals, slippers, cooking utensils, mattresses, toothpaste, toothbrushes, empty bottles of lacasera and coke, pots, plates and spoons.
The spokesman of the Ondo State police command, Femi Joseph, who confirmed the development, said many suspects have been arrested in connection with the hideout.
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