The Lagos Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old suspect, Tayo Adeyemi.
Adeyemi, a secondary school dropout confessed that he was hired to kill a lady, simply known as Rosemary in a hotel, White House, in the Satellite area of Lagos.
The suspect said he changed his mind on sighting the suspect, as he fell in love with her.
Adeyemi, who spoke in pidgin English, said, “I was working as a casual worker at a bottling company in the Apapa area before I met the gang members in the Ajegunle area. A friend, Wisdom, had invited me to stay in his house.
“His friends, who are Eiye Confraternity members, saw me and said they had a job for me. They said the job was to kill a woman. I said I could not do such a job, but they threatened to kill me and since they had guns, I was afraid.
“Finally, I was left with no option but to do their wish. One of them, Ahmed, gave me the gun and they brought me on a motorcycle to the hotel. But when I got to the hotel room and saw the woman, I fell in love with her and I had mercy on her.
“I told her that I was sent to kill her, but since I loved her, I would just have sex with her. When she declined, I offered her N1,500, and said I would take her necklaces and wristwatch away and lie to my gang members that she had been killed. But she raised the alarm.
“Everyone in the hotel called the police, the Oodua Peoples’ Congress and other vigilance groups. The hotel management called the police at the Satellite Town division.
“When my parents heard about my arrest, they were disappointed. I told them that I was being threatened by the cult members. I did not mean to kill the lady. Otherwise, I would have shot her and run away.”
The police recovered one locally-made pistol and a live cartridge were recovered from Adeyemi, and he has been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja.
Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.
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