A raid was carried out by the Joint Security Task Force in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Wednesday resulting in the arrest of some 133 suspected hoodlums which included members of the notorious ritual group known as Badoo.

The task force was made up of men from the Lagos State Police Command, the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Department of State Services (DSS), Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps (LNSC), the O’dua Peoples Congress (OPC) and also the Onyabo and local vigilantes.

The Task Force had been set up to curb the increasing Badoo menace and other cult-related activities in the area under the leadership of the Deputy Commissioner of Police Operations, Edgal Imohimi; RRS Commander, Olatunji Disu, and the LNSC Chairman, Mr. Israel Ajao, a retired Deputy Inspector of Police (DIG),

It decided to conduct an early morning surprise raid on Bayekun, Ikorodu main town, Igbogbo and Majidun which were known to be the hideouts for cultists and Badoo members and by the time the operations ended sometime in the afternoon, some 133 suspects had been apprehended and were subsequently taken to the Oshodi headquarters of the Lagos State task force for proper interrogation.

The RRS Commander, ACP Disu, when contacted confirmed that they went on a raid of all cult known areas in conjunction with the state police command operatives, DSS, LSNC, OPC, Onyabo and local vigilantes.

He went on to say; “After combing several criminal hideouts in Ikorodu and its suburbs, scores were nabbed.
“Those arrested are suspects. They are to be screened. Arrests were based on intelligence and in conjunction with local vigilantes.

“We went on the raid of those communities because of the activities of Badoo and all cult related activities taking place in the area.

“The first step is to screen all suspects and that is already being done at the task force office. All those found wanting will be charged to court while the innocent will be released.”

It will be re-called that just last week, the Task Force carried out a similar raid in which some 87 suspects were arrested and another 20 declared wanted connection with activities of cultism and kidnapping in Ikorodu.

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