Ojoma Akor & Pebang Danladi

Detectives attached to the Lagos State police command have arrested four suspected members of the dreaded Badoo cult gang for their alleged involvement in series of murders in Ikorodu and its environs. While two of the suspects were arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of […]

Detectives attached to the Lagos State police command have arrested four suspected members of the dreaded Badoo cult gang for their alleged involvement in series of murders in Ikorodu and its environs.

While two of the suspects were arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in the Ikorodu area of the state, the other two were arrested for the alleged killing of a woman and her two children at Agbowa village, a few kilometres from Ikorodu.

The suspects were identified as Ibrahim Anifowose, 28; Uche Igwe, Abdulrazaq Yahaya and Abubakar Tenimu. Anifowose and Igwe were arrested at their hideout on Aremu Street, Ojota, Lagos metropolis.

Two mobile telephones belonging to the victims were allegedly recovered from the suspects. Until he was murdered, the pastor, identified as Victor Kanayo, was in charge of Fingers of God Parish, Igbogbo, Ikorodu. The news of the pastor’s killing, which went viral on social media, described the deceased as a former member of a secret cult gang because of the tattoo on his body.

Addressing mediamen on the arrest of the two suspects, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, said that on the day of the incident, the two suspects, along with two others who are still at large, invaded the pastor’s house.

Imohimi said that at the scene of crime, the police noticed that the suspects gained entry into the pastor’s house by cutting their way through the window.

He said that the detectives also noticed that a blood-stained stone, suspected to have been used in the murder, was found in the deceased’s house.

He said, “Detectives swung into action immediately. The undercover operatives traced the suspects to their hideout at Ojota, where they were arrested. The detectives recovered the deceased’s phone from the suspects.

“This will be the last time I will refer to the group as Badoo cult members. This people are hoodlums and murderers and should be referred to as such. I urge members of the public to see them as criminals.”

He said that detectives are on the trail of other members of the gang, stressing that all those arrested would be treated as murderers.

Imohimi also identified the killers of three members of a family as Yahaya and Tenimu. He said that they were arrested from their hideout at the Ibese area of Ikorodu.

He said that one Oluwasehun Johnson had earlier reported at the station that his wife Beatrice, son Joseph and one other were murdered by unknown persons.

According to him, detectives swung into action, during which they tracked the suspects to their houses. The team also recovered the deceased’s phone set from the suspects.