Residents chase away policemen, set ablaze three Badoo suspects

Jul 3, 2017 7:31 AM

…100 alleged members arrested

Afeez Hanafi

Angry residents of Ikorodu, Lagos State, went berserk in the early hours of Sunday, lynching three suspected members of the notorious ritual cult, Badoo, in the Odogunyan area.

This is just as the police said over 100 persons suspected to be members of the cult had been arrested during raids on Bayeku, Ipakodo, Ibeshe and Odongunyan, among other communities in Ikorodu.

The arrest followed The PUNCH’s report on the spate of killings by the cult that had murdered no fewer than 26 residents and injured several others within a year.

The casualties were recorded in 15 attacks from June 5, 2016 to June 28, 2017 and the story published on Friday, July 30.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the residents, who had decided to keep vigils in securing themselves and their families, flagged down a Honda-Compact Recreational Vehicle with three occupants at…




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