Xavier Ndanyongmong
Chairman Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency ( LSNC), Retired Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) Israel Alao has said that the killings by Badoo cultist in Ikorodu area of Lagos State is ‘pure ritual’ and unlinked to homicide or robbery.
Aloa who said this in an interactive session with the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN), Friday in Lagos, said the Badoo killings must be stopped before it goes out of hand
He said: ” It has become a disturbing trend and their modus operandi is worrisome. There is more to it than meet the eyes. They come into a house with no weapon except with a stone or mortar, which they use to smash their victims’ head. They are not spirits but they come at the dead of the night by 2 a.m and they use the grinding stone and mortar to smash the heads of an entire family.
“After they are done, they clean the blood with white clothes escape. This is bizarre and it is fetish and a ritual. We believe they are receivers who benefits from this evil.
“People who are evil but we will not seat back and allow them to continue in this killing. We are going deeper into this crime and we will nip it in the bud but need the cooperation of members of the community”.
In a bid to strengthen public confidence in the security agencies, Ajao stated that the Corp would carry out a sensitization workshop around the local government areas in the state.
He added that the Lagos state Neighborhood Corp was established to complement the police and urged members of the public to provide useful information to it.
He said ” We are not substitute for the Nigeria Police but we complement the police. This is necessary seeing the level of crime in the society. No matter how brilliant the security agencies are, without the cooperation of the members of the public, the police cannot perform. We therefore urge members of the public to use the toll free lines and send use anonymous messages if they see something, they should say something”
The notorious Badoo cult recently murdered a family of four at the Ikorodu area of the state.
Residents stated that the cult have killed about 26 persons in the last one year.”
