Rioting has erupted outside a building in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, where human remains were found at the weekend. 20 people are reported to have been injured when dozens were prevented from entering the property – dubbed the “House of Horror”.
Police have cordoned off the abandoned house in the south-western city of Ibadan since Saturday.
Locals suspect black magic rituals were behind the scores of skeletons and rotting corpses found there.
Reports say several severely malnourished people were also found wandering in the bush near the building, and that at least 15 others were found shackled inside.
"We want to rescue our people who are still underground and crying for help. But the police are saying no and we are angry," one rioter said.
Oyo state governor Abiola Ajumobi visited the scene on Monday and assured residents that those responsible would be punished.
"Those behind this dastardly act will be punished by God. We too will punish them when we get them," he said.
Police said on Sunday that six people, including five security guards allegedly armed with guns, bows and arrows, were arrested at the scene.
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