Inside ‘son of God’ cult leader Apollo Quiboloy’s sprawling underground lair with rooms for ‘most attractive sex slaves’ – as cops scour Philippines compound for preacher on FBI Most Wanted list for sex crimes

Newly released videos reveal horrifying conditions inside an underground den in the Philippines where women were reportedly held against their will and subjected to abuse and exploitation by a religious sect.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Saturday shared footage of officers searching through a sprawling maze of rooms at the Kingdom of Jesus Christ (KOJC) complex in search of wanted pastor Apollo Quiboloy.

A video shows the appalling conditions in the rows of beds, the bare concrete walls and rubble on the floors, and the contrasting neon-lit corridors where vulnerable women are believed to have been kept.

In footage obtained by the local Daily TribunePolice search a room allegedly linked to “Amanda,” a high-profile whistleblower who has helped expose alleged wrongdoing within the church and claims to have as many as six million followers.

The underground network of rooms reportedly spans three floors. Two are reserved for the “most attractive” women and are kept near Apollo Quiboloy, the FBI pastor who was looking for a home, as “sacrifices.” The third is said to be used to lock up other women.

Hundreds of police, backed by riot police, were involved in the dramatic raid on Saturday as police cornered the pastor, a self-described “designated son of God,” who is believed to still be hiding in the compound in Davao.

Video footage shows police searching some of the filthy corridors in the underground bunker in the early morning of August 24.

Police appear to be in the basement of the complex, which leads to a staircase and decorated interior walls.

As police investigate, debris, including piles of wooden planks, lies scattered on the ground.

In another room various pieces of furniture can be seen that have been left out somewhere and are not in their proper place.

In a large, unlit room are rows and rows of wooden beds, raised slightly above the floor.

In the apparent living spaces, clothes can still be seen hanging out to dry.

Pillows and water bottles show signs of life in the enclosure.

Shoes are still in the closets outside the rooms and personal belongings are visible in another large, abandoned room.

The video then switches to what appears to be another floor, decorated with industrial metal counters and cabinets.

The hallways are lit with recessed ceiling lights, revealing even more rows of decorated private rooms.

The door frames are illuminated with blue LED lights, creating a spooky atmosphere in the hallways.

Police reveal a mix of bunk beds and single rooms, some more beautifully decorated than others.

One room has plants, posters and a chest of drawers, and there is also a neatly made bed.

Other rooms have as many as six beds in one room and are more simply furnished.

In another room there are at least two double beds, a sofa and a television on the wall.

It is unclear what these spaces were used for.

Amanda, the whistleblower, testified that she was one of several women who was held captive after being forced into a sexual relationship with Quiboloy “at a young age,” in what the Daily Tribune reported was a “special privilege” reserved for a select few.

The raid in the early morning of August 24 was met with horrific reactions from KOJC members, who were met by a police force of about 2,000 officers.

It is assumed that one person past suffered a heart attack and died during fighting outside the compound in Davao City.

According to police, the death was not related to their activities.

The PNP air unit alleged that KOJC members also attacked one of its helicopters with military lasers and drones to distract and intimidate the pilots.

At least 18 members were arrested for resisting police dispersal, and some were injured.

Officers brought equipment to detect people behind concrete walls as they searched in vain for Quiboloy.

But by mid-afternoon, they found no sign of the pastor at the compound, which covers about 30 hectares and includes a cathedral, a school, a residential area, a hangar and a taxiway to Davao International Airport.

Quiboloy and his lawyer deny the criminal charges against him and his religious group, which they say were fabricated by critics and former members who were expelled from the religious group after committing irregularities.

Quiboloy’s supporters, many of whom filmed the police raid on their cellphones, shouted at the police and questioned the legality of the raid, declaring the innocence of Quiboloy, a staunch supporter and spiritual advisor to former President Rodrigo Duterte.

Duterte had criticized previous attempts by large numbers of police officers to arrest Quiboloy as excessive.

Reports also allege that media workers have been subjected to intimidation and harassment since the raid.

There have been renewed protests in recent days, but riot police blocked the protests.

Police Brigadier General Nicolas Torre III, who led the raid, said officers wanted to serve arrest warrants for Quiboloy on several criminal charges, including child abuse and human trafficking.

He justified the large-scale deployment by stating that more than 40 buildings and structures in the religious complex had to be searched, where large numbers of Quiboloy’s followers booed and vociferously resisted the invasion.

“We’re not leaving here until we get him,” Torre told reporters as sirens blared in the background.

“We have issued no bail orders for Quiboloy and four others for very serious crimes, including human trafficking, child abuse and other charges.”

Quiboloy claims to be the appointed son of God. In 2019, he claimed to have prevented a major earthquake that hit the southern Philippines.

In 2021, federal prosecutors in the United States announced that Quiboloy had been charged with having sex with women and underage girls who faced threats of abuse and “eternal damnation” if they did not comply with the self-proclaimed “son of God.”

Quiboloy and two of his key executives were among nine people named in a new indictment returned by a federal grand jury and made public in November 2021.

The new indictment contained a series of charges, including conspiracy, child trafficking, sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, marriage fraud, money laundering, cash smuggling and visa fraud.

Quiboloy’s group said at the time that he was prepared to face charges, but he went underground after a Philippine court arrested him and several others on child molestation and sexual abuse charges.