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| Retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Mr Israel Ajao |
The appeal was made during a security town hall meeting organised by the corps for communities in and around Ikorodu.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Traditional rulers, religious leaders, transporters, traders, the youth, military, paramilitary and private security organisations attended the meeting.
Ajao, Chairman of Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Corps (LNSC), described the killing of suspected badoo members by a mob as uncivilised.
He said “If anyone arrests any suspect, he should hand him over to the police for investigation and possible prosecution.
”Jungle justice is not the solution to crime and criminality.
”I, therefore, appeal that such an action should stop. The police in Lagos are doing well and they have all it takes to handle the situation.
“All they need is information. That is the reason for this meeting. Badoo boys are human beings, they live with us; people must say what they know about them.
“I want all private security organisations to register with LNSC so that we can work together.”
Oba Mudasiru Agoro, the monarch of Imota, spoke on behalf of other rulers and urged security agencies, particularly the police, to deploy intelligence officers to the grassroots to get information.
He also advised the security agencies to share information and told the residents to know people around them.
Other speakers agreed to the measures the government and security agencies were taking to address the Badoo menace.
According to NAN reports, more than six persons who were suspected to be members of Badoo cult have been killed in Ikorodu in the past two months and more than 200 suspected members of the group who allegedly killed some innocent persons have been arrested in different parts of Ikorodu.
Neighbourhood Safety corps boss advises the public to stop killing suspected Badoo members
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