The police in Lagos State said they have arrested an 18-year-old boy,
Ikechukwu Friday, who allegedly killed a 12-year-old girl for money
ritual.
The suspect, who is currently being interrogated at the State Criminal
Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, was paraded before newsmen.
According to him, a pastor he asked for money instructed him to kill a young girl and obtain her faeces.
He said the pastor promised him N100,000 if he was able to accomplish the task.
According
to him, “I attend a popular church around Ketu Street, Aguda but I live
with my parents in Badagry. I just finished secondary school and I have
been very broke so I approached the pastor for money but he told me
that I should strangulate a little girl.
“He said when strangulating the girl, she would pass out faeces. The
pastor said I should obtain the faeces and bring it to him. He said if I
could do this, he would give me N100,000.
“So, on December 30, 2013,
I approached a young girl, Bose Ogoja. Her mother sells food in Badagry
and I usually patronise them, so she trusted me. I told the girl that I
wanted to show her something and that she should follow me. So I took
her to an abandoned NITEL building and locked the door.
“I pressed her neck tightly and she passed out faeces. I was, however,
not able to get the faeces because I was caught before I could escape.”
The suspect, an indigene of Onitsha, Anambra State, pleaded for mercy, adding that this was his first crime.
State Police Public Relations Officer, Ngozi Braide, said the boy was
arrested by neighbours in the area and handed over to the Badagry Police
Division.
Braide said the pastor, who allegedly gave the boy the
instruction, had been arrested and was already cooperating with the
police.
While displaying the gruesome picture of the slain girl, Braide said:
“He was arrested in an uncompleted building. The security guard manning
the building told the police that he saw the boy entering the building
with the girl.
“He said a few minutes later, he heard the girl screaming and later saw
the boy leaving. The security guard raised the alarm and the neighbours
were alerted and they arrested the boy."
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