A 24-year-old Nigerian identified as Tayo Adeyemi has been arrested by the men of the Nigerian Police Force for attempting to murder a woman.
The arrested suspect disclosed that he was arrested after sneaking into a hotel facility, White House, to kill one of its female occupants.
According to reports, Adeyemi who was hired to kill the female hotel lodger change course of action and demanded that he had sex with the would-be victim to spare her life.
The Kwara state indigene who dropped out of secondary school was arrested on Thursday by men of the Nigerian Police after his failed plot to murder the victim, Rosemary, who he also tried to rape after she rejected his proposition.
The victim, Rosemary was reported to have raised an alarm which led to the hotel management informing the police who subsequently made an arrest.
Adeyemi who was reportedly brought to the area by two other Eiye gang members was arrested in possession of one locally-made pistol and a live cartridge.
Punch reported that the arrested suspect has since been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Ikeja.
Adeyemi while narrating events which led to his arrest said: “I was working as a casual worker at a bottling company in the Apapa area before I met the gang members in the Ajegunle area. A friend, Wisdom, had invited me to stay in his house.
“His friends, who are Eiye Confraternity members, saw me and said they had a job for me. They said the job was to kill a woman. I said I could not do such a job, but they threatened to kill me and since they had guns, I was afraid.
“Finally, I was left with no option but to do their wish. One of them, Ahmed, gave me the gun and they brought me on a motorcycle to the hotel. But when I got to the hotel room and saw the woman, I fell in love with her and I had mercy on her.
“I told her that I was sent to kill her, but since I loved her, I would just have sex with her. When she declined, I offered her N1,500, and said I would take her necklaces and wristwatch away and lie to my gang members that she had been killed. But she raised the alarm.
“Everyone in the hotel called the police, the Oodua Peoples’ Congress and other vigilance groups. The hotel management called the police at the Satellite Town division.
“When my parents heard about my arrest, they were disappointed. I told them that I was being threatened by the cult members. I did not mean to kill the lady. Otherwise, I would have shot her and run away.”