A 29-year-old man, Adeniyi Samuel has confessed to being contracted by one Wasiu Eluyera (35), to kill his pregnant ex- wife in Ogun State.

According to the state police command, the duo were arrested following a distress call to the DPO of Ogijo divisional headquarters on Saturday, January 1, 2022.

Residents of Oponuwa area of Ogijo, had called the police as the duo engaged themselves in a fist battle refusing to be separated.

Upon interrogation, it was discovered that Eluyera had promised to pay Samuel N10,000 to kill his pregnant ex- wife, one Bola Taiwo, who refused abortion.

Eluyera was said to have been married to Taiwo before they separated. They were said to have reunited which led to pregnancy.

The estranged husband in a bid to hide the pregnancy from his new wife, asked his ex to terminate the pregnancy but she refused.

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola 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”.

”Somehow, he met with his former wife and they started going out together again which resulted to pregnancy. In order not to upset his new wife, Wasiu asked Bola Taiwo to terminate the pregnancy but the suggestion that was rejected by Bola Taiwo. Having tried all he could to abort the pregnancy to no avail, Wasiu Eluyera 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 Adeniyi Taiwo to help him eliminate her. He confessed further that, he personally took Adeniyi to the woman’s house, and he gave him her picture for easy identification.

 

But when he didn’t carry out the assignment as agreed, he demanded for the refund of the advance payment he made to him, and his refusal led to the fight which eventually led to their arrest.” Oyeyemi said

According to the PPRO, The Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Lanre Bankole, has ordered a full-scale investigation of the case.