32-year-old woman, Janet Effiong, for
allegedly conniving with a suspected
robber to attack a cab driver, who
was allegedly her ex-lover and who
had cheated on her.
PUNCH Metro learnt that Effiong
was arrested along with a robbery
suspect, Femi Talabi, who helped
her to carry out the operation.
They were arrested on Airport
Road, near Ajao Estate, in the Isolo
area of Lagos on Saturday,
February 7, at about 7.30pm by
policemen attached to the Rapid
Response Squad.
They were thereafter transferred to
the state Special Anti-Robbery
Squad, Ikeja.
Our correspondent learnt that
Effiong, who owned a restaurant in
the VGC area of Lekki, had hired
Talabi, who was one of her patrons,
for N20,000 to attack her ex-lover,
identified simply as Murphy.
Talabi had allegedly agreed to get
two more men, and had collected
N10, 000 as advance payment from
Effiong.
It was learnt that on the day of the
incident, 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.
It was, however, gathered when
Talabi brought out a toy gun to
threaten his victim, the RRS
policemen swooped on the two men
and got Talabi arrested.
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.
Source: PunchNg
