The police in Lagos have confirmed at least four deaths in a recent attack on a family in Ikorodu. The attack is believed to have been executed by members of the ‘Badoo’ cult that has been terrorising Ikorodu and nearby communicates for several months. The police, however, believe the …
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Ambode says Badoo members not spirits, vows to flush out cult
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday assured residents that his administration would curtail the activities of the notorious group known as ‘Badoo’ in the Ikorodu axis of the state. Ambode, who gave the assurance while commissioning a rehabilitated fire service station in Epe also promised to ensure the …
Read More »Badoo: Lagos comedian lynched as residents, landlords buy more weapons
A Lagos-based comedian, Chinedu Paul, aka Think Twice, has been identified as one of the three persons mistaken for members of the Badoo cult and lynched on Saturday by angry residents in Odogunyan, Ikorodu, Lagos State. This is just as residents continued to buy weapons, especially cutlasses, in a desperate move to stop the Badoo members …
Read More »Baddo gang kills a family of five
A notorious gang known as Badoo has reportedly wiped out a family of five in Ikorodu, including a pregnant woman. The gang has been terrorising residents of Ikorodu and environs with many people killed.
Read More »Student disappears after withdrawing money from ATM
A final year student of the Technical College, Ikorodu, Lagos State, Iseoluwa Omomowo, has disappeared while running an errand for his stepbrother’s wife in the Ebute-Meta area of Lagos State. It was learnt that the 28-year-old Ilaje, Ondo State indigene, had gone to withdraw N8,000 from a First Bank …
Read More »How over 500 security agents rescued Lagos schoolgirls
A huge public outcry and the pressure on security agents may have been contributory factors to the rescue of three female students of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The girls — Timilehin Olosa, Tofunmi Popoola and Deborah Akinayo — were kidnapped by gunmen on Monday on their …
Read More »Police rescued 3 kidnapped students
The Lagos State Police Command has rescued three teenage girls abducted from their school in Ikorodu on March 1. Dolapo Badmus, the police spokesperson, confirmed the rescue over the phone on Sunday. “They were rescued in the early hours of this morning at Igbokuta area of Lagos State,” said Ms. …
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