A 32 year old woman, Janet Effiong has been arrested for
allegedly sending an armed robber after her boyfriend for cheating on her. It
was learnt that Effiong was arrested along with a robbery suspect, Femi Talabi.
They were arrested on Airport Road, near Ajao Estate, in the Isolo area of
Lagos by policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad. They were thereafter
transferred to the state Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja.
Effiong, who owned a restaurant in the VGC area of Lekki,
had hired Talabi, who was one of her patrons, for N20,000 to attack her
ex-lover, identified simply as Murphy.Talabi had allegedly agreed to get two
more men, and had collected N10, 000 as advance payment from Effiong.
On the day of the incident, Talabi reportedly contacted
Murphy, who worked as a cab driver, to take him to Ajao Estate, with the
intention of carrying out the attack on the road.
It was, however, gathered when Talabi brought out a toy gun
to threaten his victim, the RRS policemen swooped on the two men and got Talabi
arrested.
Effiong, who hailed from Uruan, Akwa Ibom State, said she
hired Talabi to deal with her ex-lover because Murphy forced her to abort her
pregnancy on two occasions and later abandoned her for other women.
She said:
“I contacted Femi (Talabi) to help me deal with my former lover. Murphy and
I had been
dating since 2012. I lavished money on him, thinking he would marry me. He even
borrowed
N200, 000 from me and failed to pay back. He also
impregnated me on two occasions and he
forced me to abort them. I insisted I
would not abort the third one, and he promised to take
care of the baby. But it was a lie. So, I hired Femi to trace him and beat him
up. Femi said he
would get two other friends to do the job. I did not know he would go alone. I
promised to
pay Femi N20,000. I did not plan to kill my lover. I only wanted to
punish him for neglecting
me for other women.”
Also, 35-year-old Talabi who hails from Epe, Lagos, said the
cab driver became suspicious as he wanted to attack him and a physical fight
started during which attracted the policemen that arrested him and his victim.
He said:
“I live in the Bariga area, but work as an Air conditioner technician in
Lekki. I am not a
cultist. It was Janet (Effiong) who contacted me to do a job for her. I knew
her as a
restaurant
manager. She said the man was her ex-lover and had abandoned her. I called
him
to take me in his cab to a destination on Airport Road, Isolo, where the attack
would take
place. I was to pay him N7,000 for the trip. Janeth told me to only assault,
and not to kill him.
While in the cab, I
lied that I wanted to ease myself and he stopped. When he did, I brought out
a toy gun and wanted
to hit him on the head, but a fight started and we as were struggling with
each other, the police
found out, and they arrested both of us.”
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Kenneth Nwosu, confirmed the arrest, adding that the police had concluded
investigations on the matter.
“The two suspects have also been charged to court,” he
added.
culled from lailasblog
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