No fewer than 50 children were purportedly discovered in a church’s basement apartment in the Valentino Area of Ondo town, Ondo State, On Friday night.
BrandNewsDay learned that the kids were allegedly taken hostage and kept in the church’s basement apartment.
According to a source, the victims were over 50 when police saved them and detained the pastor and other churchgoers.
In a viral video, the children were seen in a patrol vehicle of the police who took them to the police station.
In the one-minute, 40 seconds video, a voice was heard saying, “They are kidnapped children found in the underground cell of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo. The pastor and some church members were arrested and were also in the patrol van with the police.
When reached, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, the state command’s public relations officer, confirmed that the victims had been brought to the command’s Akure headquarters.
“I don’t have the details yet but they are bringing the victims to the headquarters. I will give you the details as soon as I get it from the DPO,” the PPRO stated.
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