A middle-aged woman, Mrs. Patience Igho, recently narrated how she
escaped from kidnapper’s den in Agbara forests at the outskirts of Ogun State.
Victim-pixThe traumatized Igho said she could not believe what she saw inside the
forest after she was drugged inside a commercial bus on her way to Boundary
Market in Ajegunle, Lagos.
The distraught woman, who sells frozen fish told Crime Guard that she saw no
fewer than 200 victims, who were held hostage.
Consequently, she called on the relevant security agencies to quickly intervene
and rescue the helpless people.
Narrating her ugly experience, she said:“The incident happened in the early hours
of the day. I left my house with N130, 000 to be deposited in the bank. I boarded
a commercial bus with four women and two men already seated.
I cannot rightly recall the registration number. I later found myself in Agbara
forest. It was after I regained consciousness that I found myself with over 200
people. One of them told me that I was at Agbara forest.
The person told me that some of them have been there for over seven months.
Threats
“While I was still trying to ascertain where I was, our captors came and asked us
to drink water from one dirty container which I refused. They threatened to kill
me if I insisted but I vehemently refused prompting them to vow that I must be
the first to be sacrificed.
Fortunately after the threats, they left me for another victim stating that
nothing will stop them from sacrificing me. Later, they stripped all of us naked
and shaved our hairs after which they placed them inside a pot.
“They also brought another set of victims into the forest at about 9:00am. I was
able to know the time from a big wall clock that was placed before us. These new
set included a young lady and a man and their hairs were already shaved. They
later shaved also our private part and armpit in preparation for their ritual.’’
Another victim’s experience
“ Few hours later, I was surprised to see another victim, a woman, who said she
had spent over months in captivity. She boldly commended me for not taking the
water they offered me saying that if I had taken it, I would have been
unconscious and accept every of their demands ,adding that she is a mother of
four.
She said she was captured with her four children on their way to church on a
Sunday morning. Three of her children, she said, had been slaughtered.’’
“What followed later was that they brought the boiling pot where our hairs were
thrown into and tried to force us to recite some incantations.
Earlier before that, I had seen a young lady who was brought before the pot to
recite such words bearing a tattoo of scorpion on her right arms but she screamed
Jesus! When the man that was performing the incantation saw the tattoo on her
body, he refused to perform the rites on her, saying her blood was contaminated
already.
At this stage, we noticed that there were different buckets for sensitive parts
like head, ears, private parts, etc. they were placed on top of a slab which
butchers use in killing animals. The bold woman told us that politicians and
ritualists thronged to the place to buy those parts.
My Freedom
“While all these were going on, I did not know that one of the ritualists was
watching me. At some point when I refused to recite those words, the man who
looked like their leader ordered that I should be beaten up which they did. While
they were at it, I shouted severally, Jesus!
And I even called many names ascribed to God. Fortunately, on hearing my strident
voice calling on the creator, their leader rushed out and ordered the boys to
dispose me at the nearest Bus-Stop.’’
“The gang members threw me inside the bus and dropped me at the back of Agbara
market. Still in shock, I trekked from that market to Federal Government College,
Ijanikin to beg for money from my relatives who stay in that area.
It was like a nightmare but I experienced it and survived by the special grace of
God. I will not wish my worst enemy to go through what I passed through because
it was so traumatizing .
That is why I am passionately calling on security agencies to move into action
and raid all those hide outs because some people are still there helplessly
waiting to be rescued.”
No comments:
Post a Comment