No fewer than 50 children have been allegedly discovered and rescued from an underground compartment in a church building at Valentino Area of Ondo city, Ondo State, Friday night.

They were reportedly rescued by the police from Ondo area command, while the pastor and a number of members of the church were arrested.

In a video clip which has gone viral, faces of the children with some voices on the background disclosed that the vehicle in which the children were was a police van.

One of the voices on the video clip revealed that the children were found in an underground cell of a church in the area.

"These are kidnapped children found in the underground cell of a church in Valentino Area of Ondo. The pastor and some members of the church have been arrested and were also in the patrol van of the police."

Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Ondo State Police Command, Funmilayo Odunlami, disclosed that the victims had been taken to the headquarters of the state command at Alagbaka, Akure, the state capital.

The Superintendent of Police said "I don't have the details yet but they are bringing the victims to the headquarters. I will give you the details as soon as I get it from the DPO."