Police, local Vigilante storm Badoo hideouts in Ikorodu, over 100 were arrested
Police officers, in conjunction with members of Odua Peoples Congress (OPC), on Saturday stormed the different hideouts of deadly criminal gang in Ikorodu, Lagos State, popularly known as “Badoo.”
It was learnt that the raid was a follow up to series of meetings the police authority had with different local vigilante in the area.
Members of OPC and other vigilante groups who were versed with the terrain, had led heavily armed police officers to some locations suspected to be the den of the group members, where over 100 of them were arrested.
The Daily Times gathered that the unabated activities of the cult members had compelled the Lagos state police authority to approach OPC leader, Otunba Gani Adams, last week for possible collaboration and assistance to curb the lawless act of the group in the of the state.
According to the source, the recent attacks by the Badoo group, in which some lives were lost, compelled the police authority in the state to meet with Adams and his men.
“Sincerely, the activities of those Badoo boys must be stopped; this massacre must not be allowed to go on unabated; it is seriously threatening the serenity of that town,” said some community members who spoke with our reporter.
“The serial attacks by those boys in Ikorodu are becoming a thing of worry for the police in the state; the police considered it imperative and expedient to seek for partnership of vigilante groups in Ikorodu, led by the Gani Adams faction of the OPC.
