13 children, 15 adults locked up, chained in a Lagos house rescued by police

The Lagos State Police Command says it has rescued 13 children and 15 adults chained and locked up in a house in Lagos at the weekend.

According to police, the incident took place at Oke-ira area of Ojodu, Lagos state and perpetrated by one Emmanuel Adeyemi.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Fatai Owoseni, said his command moved into action on a tip-off, deploying operatives from the Area G Command Headquarters to the scene.

He said the that initial intelligence report was that a teenager was chained in a house at Oyinbo Unity Estate, Olamidun Close, Yakoyo, Oke-Ira, Ojodu, but on searching the residence, police discovered 27 others in cptivity apart from the 17-year-old Toba Adedoyin the Police had gone to rescue.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the story that “the command received a report through Area ‘G’ Command Headquarters, Ogba, that a child was chained in a house at Oyinbo Unity Estate, Olamidun Close, Yakoyo, Oke-Ira, Ojodu.

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“Consequently, a team of policemen was mobilised to the location where a teenager named Toba Adedoyin ‘m’, aged 17, was found in a room with a chain on his legs. The victim was allegedly chained by one Emmanuel Adeyemi ‘m’ who claimed to be his father, in order to restrain him from going out.

“Further search of the premises led to the discovery of other people chained by the suspect. A total number of 28 persons, comprising six adult males, nine adult females, seven female children and six male children were rescued and taken to protective custody.

“A suspect has been arrested and is currently undergoing interrogation as the command is working assiduously to get to the root of the occurrence.”