The
Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old suspect, Tayo Adeyemi,
who confessed to have been hired to kill a female hotel lodger in the Alakija,
Satellite Town area of the state.
Adeyemi,
who hails from Kwara State, said he was arrested by the police after he sneaked
into the hotel, White House, and demanded that his target, simply known as
Rosemary, had sex with him so he would spare her life.
It was gathered that
Adeyemi, who dropped out of senior secondary school, was arrested by the
Satellite Town Police Division last Thursday.
It
was learnt that penultimate Wednesday, Adeyemi was brought by two gang members
on a motorcycle to the hotel to kill Rosemary.
However,
once Adeyemi laid his eyes on his supposed target, he reportedly fell in love
with her and eventually attempted to rape her after she rebuffed his pleas to
have sex with him.
Rosemary,
however, raised the alarm.
The
hotel management subsequently called the police, and Adeyemi was arrested.
It
was learnt that one locally-made pistol and a live cartridge were recovered
from Adeyemi, who had been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad,
Ikeja.
The
police said the suspect belonged to a three-man gang, adding that a manhunt had
been launched for the fleeing two gang members.
Adeyemi
said he gave the woman N1,500 to have sex with her, adding that he fell in love
with his target.
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
state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said the command would not give
criminals a breathing space in the state.
Source:The Punch Newspaper
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