This 24-year-old killer boy begged to rape his victim, but was highly disappointed

One Tayo Adeyemi, aged 24 who was purportedly paid to slaughter a female guest in one of the hotels in the Alakija, Satellite Town region of Lagos State, has admitted to the wrongdoing.

According to sources, the culprit confessed stating in spite of the fact that, he was an enlisted professional killer, he 'went gaga for' his targeted victim, Mary, at first sight and considered saving her life on the condition she engaged in sexual relations with him.

The young man who hails from Kwara State was paraded in the presence of journalists at the state Police Command headquarters in Ikeja, weekend, and revealed that two members of their criminal gangs dropped him off after which he proceeded to the hotel where the lady was lodging, penultimate Wednesday.

As indicated by him, he grassed into the lodging, and requested that the lady who is his target have intercourse with him so he would save her life.

The lady (Mary) exhibited some level brevity and rejected his quest however Adeyemi said he in the end endeavored to assault her, amid which she raised the alarm, alarming the management of the hotel about the incident who called the police.

The secondary school dropout, was captured by the Satellite Town Police Division.

During his confession he 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,” he pleaded.

At the moment Mr. Dolapo Badmus, who is the police public relations officer that showed the suspect to journalists machineries have been put in place to get the other members of the criminal gang arrested.

According to the PPRO, “The police recovered one locally-made pistol and a live cartridge from the suspect.

“He has been transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.”