The police in Lagos on Thursday said
that five persons have been arrested
for their alleged involvement in the
lynching of two suspected ritualists in
Mushin area of the metropolis .
The spokesman for the Lagos State
Police Command , ASP Olarinde
Famous- Cole , who confirmed the
arrest, said the suspects would be
charged to court for jungle justice once
the investigation was concluded .
Another ritualists ’ hideout was
uncovered in a tunnel at the Challenge
area of Mushin , Lagos on Wednesday .
Sources said that two of the three
suspects found at the hideout were
lynched by a mob before the arrival of
policemen.
“ The hideout used to be the sewage
tunnel of a moribund company in the
area.
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“ Syringes and needles were also found
in the hideout,” a source said .
Two similar ritualists den had been
discovered in different parts of the
state in the last two months , resulting
in the death of suspected ritualists
through jungle justice.
On Aug . 9 , two people were set ablaze
by a mob in the Obadeyi - Ijaiye end of
the Lagos- Abeokuta Expressway for
allegedly operating a ritual den in the
community.
Two days after , a man was also killed
at the Ile Zik bus stop , Ikeja Along end
of the Lagos- Abeokuta Expressway,
over a similar allegation .
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