A 35-year-old man, Eluyera Wasiu, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for planning with one Adeniyi Samuel to kill his 29-year-old pregnant wife.
This was disclosed by the Command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement in the early hours of Monday.
According to Oyeyemi, Wasiu and his accomplice were arrested following a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, Ogijo Divisional Police Headquarters from concerned members of the public on January 1, 2022, that the two men were engaging themselves in very serious physical combat at Oponuwa area of Ogijo, and if they were not quickly arrested, it may lead to bloodshed.
Upon the distress call, the DPO, Ogijo Division, CSP Muhammed Baba, quickly detailed his men to the scene, where the two suspects were promptly arrested.
It was during interrogation to know the cause of the fight that Samuel opened up and informed the police that Wasiu contracted him to kill his pregnant wife, Bola Taiwo.
He stated further that 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.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Wasiu was married to Taiwo, but they got separated due to irreconcilable differences.
Wasiu later got married to another woman, who is presently living with him.
But somehow, he met with his former wife and they started going out together again, which resulted in pregnancy.
In order not to upset his new wife, Wasiu asked Taiwo to terminate the pregnancy, a suggestion that she rejected.
Having tried all he could to abort the pregnancy to no avail, Wasiu decided to eliminate the woman and the pregnancy.
In his confessional statement, he stated that he had twice bought food for her 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 Samuel to help him eliminate her.
He confessed further that he personally took Samuel to the woman’s house and gave him her picture for easy identification.
But when he didn’t carry out the assignment as agreed, Wasiu demanded a refund of the advance payment he made to him.
His refusal to make the refund led to the fight, which eventually led to their arrest.
The Command’s Commissioner, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered a full-scale investigation of the case with a view to arraigning the suspect in court as soon as the investigation is concluded.
