Ambode vows to stamp out ‘Badoo’ – says cult members are not spirits

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has assured residents that his administration is doing everything within its power to put an end to the spate of serial killings by  the notorious cult group known as ‘Badoo’ in the Ikorodu axis of the state.

Ambode, who  gave the assurance on Thursday while commissioning a rehabilitated fire service station in the Epe axis of the state, also promised to ensure the safe return of the Kiddnapped students who were taken from the Lagos State Model College, Igbonla.

The governor said he did not believe that the Badoo members were spirits and that they possessed disappearing powers as alleged.

“I am deeply concerned about the issue of kidnapping in the state and also the recent development that has been happening in Ikorodu about mob action and also the issue of Badoo.

“I just want to assure Lagosians that we are doing everything possible. We don’t run the government on the pages of newspapers, and that is why you see that we do not make comments on the pages of newspapers,” Ambode said.

He, therefore charged traditional rulers, especially in Ikorodu, to wake up from their slumber by helping the government to nip in the bud, the rising wave of kidnapping and the Badoo menace in the state.

Ambode said it had come to the point that traditional rulers in the state must come together and speak to the Baales in Ikorodu to nip kidnapping in the bud.

According to him, intelligence reports had it that some of the baales colluded with kidnappers to kidnap people in remote areas.

“We have intelligence here that some of these things are coming from within and our Kabiyesis and Obas need to do something as quickly as possible to arrest this decadence that we have here.

“As far as the Badoo case is concerned, I do not believe that it has anything to do with a disappearing ghost.

“I don’t also believe that the rituals can be taking place, without some people not being behind it. So, I challenge all our Kabiyesis and all our traditional rulers and Baales, we must arrest this situation as quickly as possible and show that traditional value that we have always been known for and then we will continue to support you,” he said.

Ambode said his government was wholeheartedly committed to the safety of lives and property in the state.

In addition, the governor said the fire station was being commissioned to enhance safety of lives and property in Epe, adding that his administration would deliver more fire stations across the state.