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50 children awaiting ‘rapture’ rescued from church’s prison

At least 50 children were reportedly rescued from the basement of a church where they were locked up. The church is located in Valentino area of Ondo state.

Funmilayo Odunlami, police public relations officer (PPRO) in Ondo state, confirmed the development and said the rescued children had been evacuated to the police command in Akure, the capital of Ondo state.

The police spokesperson said early findings indicate that the children were kept in the basement by a pastor preparing for rapture.

Also, a group, Ekimogun Youths Connect, alleged the children were locked up by the pastor for over six months.

Famakinwa Lucaskakaki, the group’s president, said, “About 14:00hrs of yesterday, Friday 1st of July, 2022, I was reliably informed that a particular Church in Valentino, Ondo City, called ‘Ondo Church’ , locked people up in the church for over six months, telling them that Jesus Christ will come and meet them by September this year.

“The National President of the Great Constitutional Rights and Justice Forum, in person of Comrade Omotayo Omolayo, was also briefed and we mobilised down to the venue and we met about 50 people locked up in the church.

“The church has rooms where the pastor locked his members. The process of rescuing these ones with the help of Police officers, Amotekun, Atariajanaku and vigilante group, caused a lot of pandemonium that the people under lock started beating us.

“The pastor, the church workers and the people under lock have been arrested and whisked to Akure.”

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