Scores of children have been allegedly found in an underground apartment of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo town, Ondo State.
It was gathered that the children were allegedly kidnapped and kept in the underground apartment of the church.
A source said the victims were over 50 while the police had rescued them and arrested the pastor and some members of the church.
In a viral video, the children were seen in a patrol vehicle of the police who took them to the station.
In the one minute, 40 seconds video, a voice was heard saying, “They are kidnapped children found in the underground cell of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo. The pastor and some members of the church have been arrested and were also in the patrol van of the police”
When contacted on telephone, the state Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, said the victims had been taken to the State CID in Akure headquarters of the command.
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