A Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Victor Kanayo, has been murdered in Lagos by persons suspected to be Badoo members.
According to a statement by the spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Chike Oti, the pastor was killed in the early hours of Sunday.
Kanayo was said to have been killed at about 7am in Offin, Igbogbo, a suburb of Ikorodu town.
The pastor’s widow, Gloria and 10-month-old baby, Goodness, were said to have been found unconscious. They were rushed to Ikorodu General Hospital by policemen from Igbogbo Division.
Kanayo pastors the Fingers of God Parish, Igbogbo.
It was gathered that the assailants smashed the head of the pastor identified as Victor Kanayo with two big stones, which were said to have been found beside him.
Oti said some arrests have been made in respect of the murder, with the suspects being questioned with a view to discovering the brain behind the heinous crime.
The Commissioner of Police for Lagos State, Edgal Imohimi, was also said to have dispatched a team of crack detectives to unravel those behind the murder, dig into the past of the victim and see if there is a correlation between his past and his killing.
Oti said in the statement: “The issue of his past before he became a born again Christian is of interest to the police because of a human skull tattoo drawn on his left arm, which gives the victim away as one who may have belonged to any of the dreaded cult groups.”
