Photo: Woman offered us N500,000 to kill her husband in Lagos- Suspect says
A plumber identified as Bright Ikechukwu has narrated how a
41-year-old woman named Mrs. Chika Orji contracted him
and two others to allegedly kill her estranged husband.
According to The Nation, Ikechukwu who came to Lagos
from Delta state for the job, said they were offered drinks
and Kola nuts and promised N500,000 to kill the man.
The suspect who was arrested while trying to steal from the
apartment, said himself and two of his colleagues had gone
to the man’s house at Jakande Estate, Ajah, on four
occasions but didn’t succeed in stabbing him as they
planned to do.
“I live in Ogwushi -Ukwu, Delta state. My friend, Ekene,
called me on the phone to inform me that he has a job for
me. This was three weeks ago. I hurriedly came to Lagos
and stayed with him in Ajah, I met another of his friend,
Samuel. He told us that Madam Chika promised him
N500,000 to kill her husband. Thereafter, he told Samuel to
take me to Mr Orji’s house, so as to be able to identify the
target. We went there and hid inside a tricycle, waiting for
Mr. orji, whom we were told always opened his gate
himself whenever he returned home. But on that day, it was
his daughter that opened the gate. We went back the next
day, it was his daughter that opened the gate again. By the
time we went the third day, it was Mr.Orji that opened the
gate himself. The plan was to rush to him and stab him
eight times in the chest, rib and neck. But Samuel, who was
supposed to stab him went to buy cigarette and by the time
he came back, our target had gone inside and shut the gate.
Out of frustration, I went back home and told Ekene to give
me my own share of the money that I was going home. But
he said that madam Chika would only pay after the deed
was done. I decided to go into Mr. Orji’s apartment to steal
instead, in order to get some money to go back to Delta
state. But as I was trying to jump through the fence,
somebody raised alarm and I was arrested by vigilantes. I
was tied with a wire and beaten without mercy. I had to
open up when they almost killed me.”
Meanwhile the accused woman has denied the allegation,
claiming she only asked them to beat him up for denying
her access to their children and selling their property without giving her share of the money.
She said: “We got married 14 years ago and have three
daughters and a son. All of a sudden, my husband
suddenly became a wife beater. He would beat me and
leave me with swollen face. Hedenied me access to my children. I made
several efforts to get my children back, part of which was to
report him to human rights offices for settlement but he did
not honour any of the invitations. Both families have made
attempts to settle us but he would not listen. He was served
with a court warrant over the issue but he also refused to
show up. Along the line, he sold the house we both built, for
N85 million but never gave me any dime. He also stopped
my children from visiting me and any attempt to see them
always resulted in beating. Out of frustration, I told Ekene,
our carpenter, to beat him up, so as to teach him a lesson. I
did not hire anyone to kill him. I am a frustrated woman and
I am sorry for everything.”she said
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