Lagos State Police Command, has uncovered shallow graves allegedly used by prophet Emmanuel Adeyemi to bury clients, who died during spiritual cleansing in his Oke-Ira, Ogba home.
Some of the victims Recall that Adeyemi was arrested, by policemen attached to Area ‘G’ Command, Ogba, following the discovery of 28 chained persons, among them 13 children and 15 adults.
This is just as one of those chained was discovered to be a cancer patient, contrary to claims by the suspect that they were all mentally deranged.
The cancer patient (names withheld) was still undergoing treatment at the hospital from sores sustained in her two legs where she was chained, while others were at the Lagos State rehabilitation centre.
Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who made this known, said the command had another tip-off that there were people he (suspect) buried in his compound and he confirmed it during interrogation.
However, during interrogation, the suspect maintained that he was a herbalist, saying there was not time he identified himself as a prophet.
However, Owoseni assured that the police would get to the root of the matter.
