Officers of the Nigerian Police in the Delta State capital, Asaba have uncovered the operational base of suspected ritualists with scores of unidentified corpses of women.
The police command spokesman, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Famous Ajieh, confirmed that they found scores of mutilated and decomposed bodies of women after getting a tip-off to swoop on the suspects in their operational base in Okpanam village where four of them were arrested.
It was learnt that the replacement of commercial motor cycles with tricycles popularly known as “Keke” had led to the influx of suspected ritualists who use the new means of transportation to charm unsuspecting passengers and take them to the hideouts where they are allegedly killed with vital parts of their bodies removed.
The activities of the ritualists allegedly increased during the Yuletide in Asaba and its environs.
Police sources however, confirmed that four persons were arrested including their leader identified as Simeon who upon interrogation confessed to the gang’s activities while three others are on the run.