daughters have been killed
by members of the suspected
ritual gang, Badoo at Imota,
Ikorodu, Lagos.
Taofeek Agbaje, his wife, Simiatu and their daughters – Mardiya, 13,
Rodiat, 10, Toyeebat, eight,
and a-year-old Sadiat were
hacked to death last
Thursday.
It was gathered that the
gang attacked the family at
midnight. The late Agbaje, Rodiat and
Toyeebat were buried on
Thursday. The trio of Simiatu,
Mardiya and Sadiat died in
the hospital. They were
buried on Friday.
The incident occurred at
Adeke Bus Stop in Adamo,
Imota, one of the areas that
have suffered attacks from
the murderous gang since last
year. According to the source, the
attackers entered the
family's three-bedroom
bungalow apartment and
hacked the victims. The assailants were said to
have torn the window nets,
removed the burglary proof
and crawled into the rooms
where the victims laid. It was gathered that after
hitting their victims with a
heavy object, they used a
handkerchief to clean their
blood before fleeing.
He said neighbours were
unaware of the incident
because of the deafening
sound of an electricity
generating set. A neighbour, it was learnt,
was the first to sight the
victims around 6am, when
she went to get lemon from
the victims' home. He said: "The woman needed
the lemon for her child who
was having stomach-ache.
She went to Iya Mardiya's
place to get it but she saw
Mardiya crawling on the passage. Mardiya pointed into
their room and when the
woman got there, she saw
others lying lifeless." Spokesman for the Lagos
Command, Olarinde Famous-
Cole said: "The Lagos state
command operatives
responded to a distress call
from a resident and discovered that one Taofeek
Agbaje and his family were
attacked at night time by
unknown persons. As a result,
the man and his two
daughters died, while his wife and two other
daughters, sustained injuries
and were taken to a hospital.
The scene of the incident was
visited. Investigations are in
progress
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