The Nigerian Police in Benue State have arrested 41 suspects in connection with the alleged slaughterhouses in operation in Makurdi, the capital city.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Udeme Edet, stated this on Tuesday while responding to the alleged slaughter homes located at Awe Street in Wurukum, Makurdi.
Punch newspaper report that the alleged slaughter homes have been trending on social media for a while in the state.
According to sources, the testimony of an unidentified person who claimed to have been abducted on December 25 while returning from a Church programme along the 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, only to be taken to Awe Street.
He added that, in a manner that suggested he was hypnotised 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 standing naked, crying, so I asked what was happening, how they got here, then I moved to the girl crying without her clothes on, and I asked why she was naked. She said she was brought there at about 5.30 am, that she was travelling to Ilorin, Kwara State, and she needed to be at the park before 6.00 am.
“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 a waybill, and that was how she found herself there. 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 an 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.”
