Suspected high priest of deadly ritualists sect called Badoo, Fatai Adebayo, has been arrested from his shrine at 38, Ayegbami Quarters, Odogbolu Local Government area of Ogun state.
The 34-year-old man was captured following a manhunt launched by the Lagos Police Command.
Some arrested Badoo members who revealed to the Lagos Police Command disclosed that the shrine was their spiritual base for oaths taking and diabolic backing before the commencement of each of their gruesome operations.
Leading a team of security operatives such as the Federal Special Anti-Robery Squad, Rapid Response Squad, Lagos Vigilante and the Lagos Task Force, the Commissioner of Police, Edgal Omoimi said the discovery was part of the success made in nipping criminal groups in the bud.
He the spearhead of the ritualist sect was also arrested over the weekend during a duel to stop his escape.
He said: “Over the weekend, we had far reaching achievements in the fight against these killers in Ikorodu, otherwise called Badoo. Their kingpin has been arrested as he tried to make escape on water. One of the suspects confessed that before they go for any killing, the head of the group brings them to this man to carry out oaths and the piece of stone they use for their killings. He is an accomplish before the facts and we are definitely placing him on arrest.”
The Commissioner went on to demolish the shrine after intimating the immediate High Chief of Imosan village, Chief Tajudeen Muyili who said: “For me, I don’t support nonsense. So, I give you the permission to carry on.”
