18-yr-old boy killed girl, 12, for money ritual

The police in Lagos State, yesterday, 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.”