The
police in Lagos State, yesterday, 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.
He said,
“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."
On entering the building, the discovered that the girl was dead.
“The picture of the girl’s corpse shows that the girl was unclad and defecated on the floor.”
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