A ritualist shrine has been uncovered in Odo, an area in Ado Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State.
WuzupNaija gathered that the shrine is located close to Crown Polytechnic.
Operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command discovered the ritualist den on Thursday, a few days after the CP declared total war on the evil perpetrators during the recent parading of 50 criminals.
The CP who added that they are planning to raid and bust bushes used by criminals in the State.
The shrine was fully decorated with several statues, fake foreign currencies and fetish objects.
Amba told journalists that the police acted on a tip-off and busted the area where two suspected ritualists were apprehended.
He said,
Asuquo said:
“We trekked a few kilometres into the forest before arriving at the well laid out shrine.
We discovered a hidden underground in one of the houses at the shrine and there were fetish objects all over the place. These fake foreign currencies suggest that the operators of this shrine are fraudsters.
These two men were apprehended when the police raided the hideout. The community head, Akitipa of Odo has also been invited by the police to assist in the investigation.“
He added that a community leader has been invited to assist them in their investigation.
The CP appealed to the people of the state to always assist the police by giving them useful information.
Amba said security of any state or nation could not be left in the hands of a few security men but added that everybody should be involved.
He further said that the police needs the cooperation and the support of the people of the state to ensure utmost security.
The Police Chief assured the people that any information given would be treated with utmost confidentiality.
A community leader who craved anonymity lauded the police for coming to their rescue by arresting some of the operators of the shrine, saying they knew that the suspected criminals carried out nefarious activities in the building but they were too afraid to confront them.
