A man, his pregnant wife and two children were on Monday killed by suspected members of the notorious and deadly cult group, Badoo in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The third child of the couple was still unconscious, battling for life in the hospital at the time of this report.


The cultists, who struck in the wee hours of Monday, at the deceased’s residence at Letter N Junction, Radio Area, Erunwen, Ikorodu, cut open the pregnant woman and took away the foetus. The assailants also smashed their victims’ heads with a pestle.

A resident, Dare, narrating what happened said: “We woke up Tuesday morning and noticed that the family had not come out since morning. A neighbour noticed that one of the windows had been broken and we suspected that Badoo group may have struck. Our fears were confirmed when we peeped inside and saw the damage done. We rushed the small girl to the hospital.

“We want the government to come to our rescue, as this is about the 10th family; families have been wiped out by the gang. As I am talking to you, many families are relocating because no one knows the next victim. I am relocating too.”

Contacted, the Lagos police command’s spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent, said investigation was ongoing to arrest the culprits.