Lagos Court arraigns Suspected Badoo cult member

A twenty-two-year-old suspected Badoo member, Emmanuel Obazuaye, who was allegedly caught with a fresh human head, has been arraigned before a Yaba Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos.

The accused, who resides in Ikorodu, is standing trial on a two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful possession of human head.

The police prosecutor, Inspector Romanus Unuigbe, told the court that the accused committed the offences on July 27.

Unuigbe alleged that Obazuaye was caught at a shrine in Ikorodu with the human head where he claimed he visited to seek protection from a native doctor.

Members of the Badoo cult have been terrorizing Ikorodu and its environs for several months, resulting in fatalities.

However, the chief magistrate, Adewale Ojo, granted the accused bail in the sum of 250,000 naira with two sureties in like sum and adjourned the case till September thirteenth.