Pastor asked me to bring her final excreta – Boy, 18, confesses to ritual murder (PICTURED)

A teenager has been arrested by police officers in Lagos after it was alleged that he killed a young girl.Ikechukwu Friday was said to have taken the life of the 12-year-old girl due to a promise of monetary reward from a pastor.Friday said that he had been told by the preacher to kill the girl and collect her final excrement for a price of N100,000.Vanguard reports: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 patronize 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.”