Police raids slaughterhouses in Benue, apprehends 41 suspects

From Gabriel Agbo, Makurdi 
Policemen in Benue State have arrested 41 suspects in connection with the alleged slaughter homes in operating in Makurdi, the State capital.

The command Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, DSP, Udeme Edet who confirmed this  development on Tuesday in Makurdi while responding to the alleged slaughter homes located at Awe street in Wurukum, Makurdi, said the alleged slaughter homes have been trending on social media for a while in the state.

The testimony of an unidentified person  who claimed to have been abducted on December, 25 while returning from a Church programme along International market in the state capital had trended on social media.

According to him, he boarded a motorcycle at about 8:30 pm the fateful day and only to be taken to Awe street.

He added that in a manner that suggested he was hypnotized by the motorcyclist, he was pushed into a room where he met about 10 girls 

"So, I followed them into a house the place was a dreadful place, I knew in my spirit that there was a power or demonic presence operating in that place, when I became reluctant to enter, one of the boys pushed me in, as we entered, they took me into a room where there were other young girls (about 10 of them).

"One was stack naked crying, so I asked what was happening, how they got here, then I moved to the girl crying without her cloths on, I asked why she was naked. She said, she was brought there at about 5.30am, that she was traveling to Ilorin, Kwara State, and she needed to be at the park before 6.00am.

"So she boarded a motorcycle on their way the bike man pleaded with her, that she should give him a little time to pick a parcel for waybill, she obliged and that was how she found herself there, that she offered to give them #1million, for them to spare her life but they refused," the unidentified person narrated.

Another unidentified person wrote how his daughter was being lured to the dreaded street by a motorcyclist known as Okada rider but quickly gave an excuse to alight from the motorcycle.

The PPRO in her response to the allegations on social media said, "I'm aware of this, and the same has been forwarded for action.

"A raid of black spots was organised at Awes Street, Wurukum and Wadata where 41 suspects were arrested for screening .