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.
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.”
On
entering the building, the discovered that the girl was dead. “The picture of
the girl’s corpse shows that the girl was naked and defecated on the floor.”
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