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Ibadan ‘forest of horror’: Ajimobi meets with security chiefs tomorrow
 
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Mon, 31 Mar 2014   ||   Nigeria,
 

NIGERIA (Oyo)- Following the discovery of kidnappers’ den at Soka area in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Governor Abiola Ajimobi is set to  hold a Security Council meeting tomorrow to deliberate on the discovery of the Soka “forest of horror” in Ibadan.

According to a statement by the media aide to the Governor, Dr. Festus Adedayo, the meeting would review the state of security.

The statement said the government was bothered about the attack on mentally-sick persons in Ibadan and the resort to jungle justice.

Residents have been attacking mentally-ill people found with suspicious items since the discovery of the Soka “forest of horror”.

Since the discovery penultimate Saturday, about four mentally-sick men and women have been killed by a mob.

They were linked to the Soka forest, following the discovery of suspicious items, such as “human tongues and bones”, on them.

According to the statement, the main focus of the Security Council meeting would be the unraveling of allegations that some politicians were behind the attacks on the mentally-sick.

Members of the State Security Council are heads of security agencies.

 

 

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