There was an uneasy calm at Hassan Abiodun Street off Ojodu Berger, Lagos State on Friday when residents of a storey building woke up to the death of two lovers in an apartment in the building.


The names of the deceased were given as Bode Ojugbele and Ifedayo Bolanle, who was the tenant in the building, while the man came on a visit.

A source told Punch that the heads of the victims were smashed, which made the neighbours to conclude that it was the handwork of the Badoo cult. But the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the death was a result of rivalry over the woman.

He said, "People were insinuating whether it was Badoo or not. But it wasn’t Badoo. It was as a result of rivalry over the woman. There had been threatening messages between the man that died and another person still at large, who might be the ex-lover to the deceased woman.

“A younger brother to the deceased told us about this and we are tracing the man (suspect) now. We are working to unravel the mystery behind the killing. People should not attribute every death to Badoo because doing that would be giving the cult unnecessary publicity.

“We are not leaving any stone unturned to make sure we get the killer arrested. We have a clue now and we are working on it.”

The police also arrested a man who tried to take a picture of their van and the vehicle used to evacuate the victims.