Man hires friend for N10,000 to kill pregnant wife in Ogun

The police in Ogun state have arrested a 35-year-old man identified as Eluyera Wasiu for allegedly contracting his friend, Adeniyi Samuel, to kill his 29-year-old pregnant wife.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect and his accomplice were arrested following a distress call received by the DPO Ogijo Police Division in Sagamu Local Government Area of the state.

He stated that the police got information from concerned members of the public on January 2, that the two men were engaged in a very serious fight at Oponuwa Area of Ogijo and he sent his men to arrest the suspects and during interrogation, Adeniyi Samuel told the police that Eluyera Wasiu had contracted him to kill his pregnant wife, one Bola Taiwo.

According to him, the suspect said Wasiu promised to give him N10,000 for the job, out of which he had already given him N5,000, with a balance to be paid “on completion of the job.”