It was harvest of arrests as Lagos State Police Command paraded no fewer than eighty suspects nabbed for various crimes.

Among those paraded were four suspected ritualist gang members who allegedly murdered two pastors in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.

Also paraded were drug peddlers who were in possession of cocaine with street value of two hundred and fifty million naira.

Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal who paraded the suspects said four suspected Badoo members were arrested for murder, twenty-nine suspected armed robbers, twelve notorious cultists, three suspected kidnappers were arrested within two weeks while forty arms and ammunition were recovered from the hoodlums.

“You recall that President Muhammadu Buhari, during his last visit to Kano State, gave a directive that security agencies should crackdown on illicit drug dealers.

In view of the directive, the command mobilized its covert operatives to sniff out those who bring these illicit drugs into the country.Our efforts paid off on December 8, based on credible intelligence gathered that 1x 20 feet container had some baggage of powdery substance suspected to be hard drug.

“A letter with number CR:3000/LS/VolT was sent to the Feronsic Science laboratory centre of Force CIID,Alagbon requesting for a laboratory analysis of the substance .Preliminary test of the substance gave positive result confirmed the substance to be Bebzoylecgonnine (Cocaine). HPLC analysis confirmed the substance to be cocaine with street value of #250million.

“we would collaborate with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and other relevant security organizations to track those who bring illicit drugs to the country.

“I am also happy to announce to you that four Badoo cult members are in the Command’s net.Based on the report from Mr Oluwaseun Johnson Alaba that his wife ,Beatrice Alaba and his son ,David were brutally murdered while his daughter Rachael was grievously injured on the head on the night of November 21 .I visited the scene of Crime at Temu Village ,Agbowa,Ikorodu .I was at the place in company of officer in charge of SARS to conduct scene investigation. We discovered that the assailants used concrete grinding stone to smash the skulls of the deceased persons.

“During investigation, Abdulrasaq and Tenimu were arrested in connection with the crime .The Nokia phone and sim card of the deceased which was stolen from the scene were recovered from the suspects.In my dictionary, there is nothing like Badoo,we see them as ritualists and we will charge them for murder.

“Two other Badoo members who murdered a Redeemed Christian Church of God Pastor,Victor ,in Ikorodu are also in my detention. The pastor was murdered at about 1 am by four armed men who invaded his house and killed him in cold blood .Two of the hoodlums have been arrested .The phone and sim card of the deceased have been recovered from the suspects. The suspects ,Igwe and Awofisibe have confessed to the killing .Two others have been declared wanted.

“One Oriaku has been arrested for selling his two children for #190,000.He was also being interrogated for kidnapping seven-year -0ld Olabisi .

He sold the child to an orphanage home for # 120,000.The man named two other females as those who bought the child.We have arrested the proprietress of the orphanage home,Adaora and her accomplice,Loveth.They have confessed that they bought the child for #120 and sold him for #500,000.The child was rescued from Owerri, Imo State”.