According to the police, a tip-off was received about the about the chained and locked up victims.
When police raced to the scene, they discovered that suspect’s 17-year-old son, Toba Adedoyin was among those in chains.
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, said that after receiving a tip-off from an anonymous, he had immediately deployed operatives at the Area G Command Headquarters, to the scene.
The first information police received before racing to the scene was that a teenager boy was chained up in the house at Oyinbo Unity Estate, Olamidun Close, Yakoyo, Oke-Ira, Ojodu.
But policemen, who rushed to the scene after Owoseni’s order, embarked on a search of the house and discovered 27 persons that were chained and locked up. This was aside, the suspect’s son, Adedoyin.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Dolapo Badmos, confirming the story, said: "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. Consequently, a team of policemen was mobilized to the location, where a teenager, a 17-year-old boy, named Toba Adedoyin was found in a room with chain on his legs. The victim was chained by one Emmanuel Adeyemi, who claimed to be his father. The suspect said that he chained his son to restrain him from going out.
“A 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 male, nine adult female, seven female children and six male children were rescued and taken to protective custody.
“Suspect has been arrested and currently undergoing interrogation as the command is working assiduously to get the root of the occurrence."
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