It was a rowdy scene at the newly discovered kidnapper’s den
in Ibadan on Sunday as family members of missing persons came to see if their relatives
were among the dead or rescued victims found in the site.
The site located at Soka area, along Lagos-Ibadan
Expressway, Oluyole Local Government area of Oyo state, was discovered on Saturday
when some colleagues of two missing cyclists were searching for them.
Human skulls, decomposing bodies, body parts and famished
individuals were found at the site when security operatives stormed the place
on Saturday.
Apart from residents of the ancient city, who came to catch
a glimpse of the mysterious site, people from different parts of the country
were also at the scene on Sunday to check if they could find their missing
persons there.
Their visit, according to some of them, was based on the
report that, besides those rescued on Saturday, more people are still trapped
in the dungeon crying for help.
One of them, who gave his name as Kolawole Falana, told
journalists at the site that he came to look for one Dare, about 18 years old,
who had been missing since about a week ago.
Though, unconfirmed report said the missing Dare was calling
to tell those searching for him that he was being hidden somewhere in the bush,
Falana said he was not at home when the report was given, adding that he only
joined in search of the young man when the security men stationed at the scene
pounced on him.
Heavily battered Falana, who had his face torn with the butt
of police gun and his cloth torn into shreds after lashes of horse-whip, said
the only solution to the problem was for the state government to move to the
site, clear the bush, demolish all the structures there and put the place into
proper use.
Also at the scene were two middle aged-men from Gbongan,
Osun state. According to them, they came to search for their 95-year-old
father, Isaac Adeoye Oguntade, who had got missing since 31st December, 2013.
They explained that the oldman, a retired teacher, had left
home on the fateful day for Osogbo, the Osun State capital, to collect his
pension from Igbonna, Osogbo branch of United Bank for Africa (UBA), but had
not been seen since then.
Meanwhile, the state police command, on Sunday, said seven
persons have been arrested in connection with the horrors discovered at the
site.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olabisi
Okuwobi-Ilobanafor, said the suspects included two people arrested at the scene
on Saturday and five security guards working with a company around the place.
Okuwobi-Ilobanafor, a Superintendent of Police, added that
three dane guns, three single barrel guns, one bow, 16 arrows, 22 cutlasses, 40
live cartridges, seven table knife, one axe, two iron files and one mobile
phone were recovered during police search on the site.
A detachment of mobile policemen has been stationed there to
maintain law and order.
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