SHOCKING: Why I hired thugs to kill my husband
– A mother of four, Mrs Chika Orji, has been arrested for hiring thugs to kill her husband
– One of the killers happens to be the victim, Mr Orji’s carpenter
– Although she denied hiring thugs to kill but to beat her husband because her husband was a wife beater
A mother of four, Mrs Chika Orji, has been arrested for hiring thugs to kill her husband
A 41-year-old woman, Mrs Chika Orji has been arrested by the police after hiring assassins to kill her husband, Daily Post reports.
The woman who has confessed to the crime was arrested by detectives attached to Area ‘J’ Command, Ajah, Lagos state on Thursday, October 6.
She confessed after one of the hired assassins, Bright Ikechukwu, was detained and named her as the person who contracted him to kill her husband.
He was arrested while attempting to break into Mr. Orji’s apartment at Jakande estate, Ajah.
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During investigations, it was revealed that one of the assassins was a carpenter, Ekene, who worked for the victim, Mr Orji.
“I was contracted by Ekene to kill Mr Orji, on the instructions of his estranged wife. I live in Ogwuashi-Ukwu, Delta State.
“My friend, Ekene, said he had a job for me. This was three weeks ago. I hurriedly came to Lagos and stayed with him in Ajah, where I met another friend of his, Samuel.
“He told us that Madam Chika promised him N600, 000 to kill her husband. Thereafter, he told Samuel to take me to Mr. Orji’s house, to identify the target.
“We went there and hid inside a tricycle, waiting for Mr Orji, who we were told always came to open the gate himself whenever he was returning home. But on that day, it was his daughter that opened the gate. We went back the next day, yet it was his daughter that opened the gate again.
“By the time we went the third day, it was Mr Orji that opened the gate himself. The plan was to rush to him and stab him eight times in the chest, rib and neck.
“But Samuel, who was supposed to stab him, went to buy cigarette and by the time he came back, our target had gone inside and shut the gate, so, out of frustration, I went back home and told Ekene to give me my own share of the money that I was going home. But he stated that Madam Chika would only pay after the job was done.
“I decided to go to Mr. Orji’s apartment to steal instead, to get some money to go back to Delta state. But as I was trying to jump through the fence, somebody raised alarm which attracted members of a vigilante in the area, who apprehended me,” the plumber disclosed,” he said.
Meanwhile, Mrs Orji, a mother of four, vehemently denied sending assasins to kill her husband as she only instructed them to beat him, to teach him a lesson for always beating her.
“We got married 14 years ago and are blessed with three daughters and a son. All of a sudden, my husband became a wife beater. He would beat me, leaving me with swollen face and would also threaten to kill me.
“He chased me out of the house three years ago. I made several efforts to get my children back, part of which was to report him to human rights offices for settlement. But he did not honour any of the invitations.
“Both families have made attempts to settle us, but he would not listen.
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“He was served with a court warrant over the issue, but he also refused to show up. Along the line, he sold the house we both built for N85 million, but never gave me any dime.
“He also stopped our children from visiting me and any attempt to see them always resulted in beating.
“Out of frustration, I told Ekene, our carpenter, to beat him up. I did not pay him or hire anyone to kill him. I am a frustrated woman and I am sorry for everything,” she added.
The state commissioner of police, Fatai Owoseni, said investigations were still ongoing.
Recall that a Kenyan woman, Ms Rose Adhiambo and her house help, Doris Akinyi, were arrested for allegedly hiring an assassin to murder the woman’s husband, Mr Polycarp Okumu.
The man, a Mombasa based tycoon took the wife to court because he believes that she committed the said act so that she can inherit his wealth.
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