Family of three killed in Ikorodu is laid to rest

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The members of a family of three killed last week
Tuesday in Ikorodu, Lagos, were laid to rest yesterday in a very gloomy
ceremony.

Tragedy befell the Ebhodaghe family when suspected members of a
notorious gang known as Badoo barged into their home at 20, Oyekanmi
Street, Ibeshe Tuntun, Ikorodu, Lagos, on the 11th of April, killing a
man, Lucky Ebhodaghe, his wife, Margaret Ebhodaghe, and their only son,
Jonathan Ebhodaghe.
The remains of the deceased were buried at
their Home in Ikorodu yesterday in the presence of family and friends.

 According to reports by The Nation, the late Ebhodaghe was lowered into
the grave around 10:37 a.m.; the late Mrs Ebhodaghe, at 10:44 a.m. and the late Jonathan, 10:59 a.m.
The gang members had raped the woman, tied a white cloth around her
waist, and smashed the heads of all three victims before taking their
blood.

The late
Mrs Ebhodaghe’s sister, Agnes Michael, who spoke to the Nation, said:

“I
feel bad and terrible, it is a deep cut; she is the pillar in my
family, she led all seven of us to the Lord. Now, they came and wiped
off my sister, son and husband for no reason. Justice must prevail.”

The
Chairman of the Ibeshe Tuntun Community Development Association (CDA),
Mr Funshon Akintimehin, mourned the deceased and referred to them as
“God-fearing”. He said their demise was a loss to the community.

“I
have never met him quarrelling, our letters are going to the government
and we need them to find a lasting solution,” he said.

Akintimehin
said there had been several attacks on residents of the community by
the faceless gang members and revealed that strategies are being put in
place to bring an end to their reign of terror and ensure the culprits
are caught.

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