Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have uncovered a ritualist den with 20 mummified corpses in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
The command’s spokesperson, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, in a statement on Wednesday, August 17, said the suspected ritualist den was uncovered along Asoro slope, off Ekenhuan road, in Uzebu quarters.
According to Iwegbu, operatives of the command stormed the scene following credible intelligence received. Three suspects were arrested while others fled.
A video, said to be from the scene, making the rounds online shows mummified bodies stacked on an iron rack and others standing against the wall of a room.
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