Pastor allegedly abducts 50 children, keeps victims in Ondo Church underground apartment
No fewer than 50 children have allegedly been found in a church’s underground apartment in the Valentino Area of Ondo town, Ondo State.
A reliable media source said that the children, who were allegedly kidnapped and kept in the underground apartment of the church, had been rescued by the police in the state, while the pastor and some members of the church were arrested.
In a viral video, the children were seen in a patrol vehicle of the police who took them to the 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 members of the church have been arrested and were also in the patrol van of the police.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Funmilayo Odunlami, reportedly said the rescued victims had been taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) at the State Command Headquarters in Akure, according to report published on the website of FRCN Positive FM 102.5 on Saturday.
This was happening barely days after 21 children including almajarai were also rescued by operatives of the Department of State Service (DSS) from an ECWA Church in Jos, Plateau State.
Although the ECWA church denied that the children were forced and it did not force the Muslim children to convert to Christianity, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) called for discrete investigation into the case.
