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By Modupe Shodeinde
Residents of the Sari-Iganmu area of Lagos, along Orile-Badagry Expressway, reportedly uncovered the hideout of suspected kidnappers and ritual killers.
It was said to be inside a tunnel in front of Araromi Secondary School, a public school in the community.
PUNCH Newspaper reported that body parts and several personal items such as school uniforms, small-size socks, diapers among others, were reportedly found in the den.
Residents were said to have given different accounts of how the den was discovered.
A landlord, identified as Olajide, narrated that a teenage bread seller hawking along the expressway around 5pm on Tuesday saw some men roaming suspiciously in the tunnel. She was said to have raised the alarm which made youths to storm the canal.
Olajide said some members of Oodua Peoples Congress joined in the search and found some ramshackle structures containing mattresses and televisions.
He said two suspects were caught and set ablaze while another two were handed over to the Ori-Iganmu Police station.
Another resident named Uthman gave a different account. He said the den was discovered on Monday by some transport union workers who saw two people coming out of the tunnel.
He said they decided to search through the area when the suspects could not give satisfactory explanations on their mission.
The union workers were said to have found the den and saw burnt clothes belonging to people. They also found electricity and home appliances.
