Janet Effiong,32, food seller was arrested along with one,
Femi Talabi, for allegedly conniving
with a suspected robber to attack a cab driver, who was allegedly her ex-lover.
They were arrested on Airport Road, near Ajao Estate, in
the Isolo area of Lagos on Saturday, February 7th, at about 7.30pm
by policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad.
According to the source, 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.
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.
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