More details are emerging from the circumstances leading to the discovery and rescue of 77 children from an underground apartment of a church in Ondo State.
The children were rescued by men of the Ondo State police command after intelligence informed of an unusual activity at the church.
It was learnt that parents of some of the kidnapped children had made previous attempts to withdraw their children from the place without success.
Two pastors of the Whole Bible Believers Church, David Anifowose and Peter Josiah, who were arrested for harbouring the children denied hypnotizing them.
Josiah said that they acted according to words of God who directed them to protect the children against coming rapture.
It was alleged that the pastors hypnotized them and camped them in an underground apartment within the church located in the Valentino area of Ondo town.
The rescue of the victims and arrest of the “men of God” followed complaints by some parents.
Funmilayo Odunlami, spokeswoman of the police on Ondo said investigations are being conducted to unravel the whole circumstances around The Who saga.