Ogun state police command have arrested a 29-year-old suspect identified as Adeniyi Samuel who was paid the sum of N10,000 by one Wasiu Eluyera to help eliminate his pregnant wife
Wasiu, 35 years, allegedly tried to get rid of the woman in order to keep the pregnancy away from his new wife.
Police officers arrested the two suspects following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ogijo divisional headquarters, Ogun State, from some concerned members of the public on January 1, 2022.
Abimbola Oyeyemi, the image maker of Ogun State Police Command said that the police were informed that the two men had engaged each other in a serious fight at Oponuwa area of Ogijo.
Police operatives were said to have mobilised to the scene, where the two suspects were immediately arrested.
Oyeyemi said, “It was during interrogation to know the cause of the fight that Adeniyi Samuel opened up and informed the police that Eluyera Wasiu contracted him to kill his pregnant wife, one Bola Taiwo.
“He stated further that Eluyera Wasiu promised to give him N10,000 for the job, out of which he had already given him N5,000 to pay the balance on completion of the job.”
He further stated that preliminary investigation showed that Wasiu had been married to Bola Taiwo before they got separated.
Wasiu later got married to another woman who, it was gathered, now lives with him. But the husband reunited with Taiwo, who later got pregnant.
Meanwhile, in order to avoid the announcement of his new wife, Wasiu had reportedly requested Taiwo to abort the pregnancy, but the woman blatantly disagreed to do so.
Oyeyemi explained that after Wasiu made multiple attempts to make the woman get rid of the pregnancy failed, he decided to assassinate her and the pregnancy.
The Police spokesperson quoted Wasiu to have written in a statement that, “In his confessional statement, he stated that he had twice bought food for Taiwo from one eatery and laced the food with poison, but the lady by providence did not eat the food.
“It was when all his personal efforts to kill her failed that he contracted Adeniyi Samuel to help him eliminate her.”
Wasiu was said to have confessed further that he personally took Adeniyi to Taiwo’s home, giving him her photo for easy identification.
“But when he didn’t carry out the assignment as agreed, he demanded the refund of the advance payment he made to him, and his refusal led to the fight which led to their arrest,” the police spokesman further explained.
However, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Lanre Bankole, has ordered a full-scale investigation of the case.
