Daily Mail
March 27, 2014
Rotting bodies and skeletons have been found inside an abandoned Nigerian building which has been dubbed a ‘House of Horror’.
Nigerian police rescued several severely malnourished people found wandering in the bush near the building in the southwestern city of Ibadan, and more were found shackled in leg-chains inside.
The grisly discovery came after a group of motorcycle taxi riders reported that some of their members had gone missing and were believed to have been kidnapped.
‘When we got to the abandoned building in the Soka community of Ibadan, we saw decomposed corpses, skeletons and skulls in the building and surrounding bushes,’ said Oyo state police spokeswoman Olabisi Ilobanafor.
‘Some seven malnourished human beings looking like living skeletons were also rescued in the bushes surrounding the building. One of them died on the spot while we were there,’ she said.
Ilobanafor said police had launched a murder investigation and arrested some suspects at the scene in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state and the third largest city in Nigeria.
‘It is not a common occurence in Ibadan or in the state. The police will investigate this crime in all its ramifications,’ she said.
Some victims of kidnapping in Nigeria are often tortured or sacrificed in black magic rituals.
Local media have also reported cases of human body parts being sold across the country, especially in the southern region, for ritual purposes.