Another suspected 'Badoo' cultist arrested in Ikorodu

Residents of Ayegbami Community, Igbogbo in Ikorodu, a Lagos district, today caught another suspected member of deadly ritualists gang popularly known as "Badoo".

The suspect was said to have gone to the community to wreak havoc when he was seen by local vigilantes.

A resident Shakiru Seidu who posted the information on social media said: “The security challenges ravaging Ikorodu division recently has made the people to become more alert and it necessitated the apprehension of one notorious suspected Badoo cultist.

“One of the residents saw a man that was half naked with a hard stone in his hand and the culprit was attempting to gain access to a house at Felefon Street.

“He quickly raised alarm and the culprit hid the stone in his hand inside a big bowl he found nearby, placed it upon his head in the pretence of going to fetch water and fled.

“His trick failed to appease the people who trooped out and gave him a hot chase till he was finally nabbed at Akindana Street, Ayegbami in Igbogbo.

“He promised to give the youth who nabbed him N5,000 and when he saw their determination to kill him, he quickly increased it to N10,000 but they refused to yield to his offer.

“They dealt mercilessly with him before the intervention of the Community Development Association (CDA) Chairman, Baba Awe and Oba Abdulsemiu Orimadegun Kasali, the Adeboruwa of Igbogbo, who have been duly notified of the event.

“He was later handed over to the police for further interrogation to avoid jungle justice.