By Evelyn Usman
LAGOS— A 41-year-old woman, who was arrested by policemen attached to Area ‘J’ Command, Ajah, Lagos State, for allegedly hiring assassins to kill her husband of 14 years over a disagreement which led to their separation, has said she was a frustrated housewife but that she only sent the thugs to beat him.
The suspect, Mrs. Chika Orji, was arrested following a confessional statement by one of the suspected assassins, Bright Ikechukwu, who was arrested while attempting to break into Mr. Orji’s apartment at Jakande Estate, Ajah.
During preliminary investigation, it was discovered that one of those hired for the botched assassination was a carpenter, identified as Ekene, who usually worked for Mr. Orji.
During interrogation, Mrs Orji, a mother of four, denied sending thugs to kill her husband. Rather, she stated that she only told them to beat him, to teach him a lesson for always beating her.
According to 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.
“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 paid us to kill him’
However, the arrested suspect, Bright Ikechukwu, insisted that he was contracted by Ekene to kill Mr. Orji, on the instructions of his estranged wife.
Ikechukwu, a plumber, disclosed that he travelled all the way from Delta State to carry out the operation, with another thug whose name he gave simply as Samuel.
According to him, “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 of his friend, Samuel.
“He told us that Madam Chika promised him N500,000 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.
“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. I had to open up when they almost killed me.”
[Jhene Aiko] unfollowed [Big Sean] on Instagram yesterday, and everyone who noticed thought it wasn’t a big deal (but please keep in mind [that] she would constantly unfollow [ex-husband] Dot whenever he did something wrong etc.) she also liked a tweet yesterday that said something along the lines of “If you can not provide something someone is seeking, love them enough to leave room for someone who can show up.”
Well today she unfollowed a bunch of fan IG accounts that was dedicated to him or their relationship, she deleted a few IG photos, changed captions on certain pictures that involved them & she also changed her twenty88 header on Twitter to a picture that says “keep smiling”
The thing that makes this weird is that Sean is still liking photos/tweets of her.
now this is just my assumption but him doing that makes me believe that he’s either trying to get her attention or they left it on good terms but the best way for her to get through it is to erase him from her social media sort of speak either way something is up
Personally I was wishing them well but something felt “off” the moment I saw her falling for Sean imo a month ago is when I felt like Sean appeared to be bored/uninterested in my eyes like the excitement of it all fell off for him I also thought it was weird that he didn’t defend her against Dot/Cudi and given Sean’s sketchy behavior in his past relationships I don’t think he’s ready for anything serious he has a lot of growing up to do and he seems to can’t let go of the guilt he feels about how he treated Ashley.
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| Striker Sergio Aguero had seven shots on goal against Tottenham, four of which were on target, and hit the crossbar. He only had four in total at Swansea last week when he scored twice |
| The visitors had 12 shots in total at White Hart Lane - one fewer than Spurs - and had 58% possession throughout the match |
| City have 18 points from their first seven games this season. Last year they had 15 and were a point behind Manchester United. Eventual champions Leicester had 12 |
| After the international break, City have back-to-back home games against Everton and Southampton |
Celtic were the first team to prevent Manchester City from winning this seasonGuardiola
was right to provide some sobering context to this defeat. City have
made a magnificent start under his stewardship but in real terms he has
barely walked through the door.The jury may be out on Bravo but
elsewhere he has bought well. Stones was an honourable exception to
Sunday's defensive struggles while Nolito, Ilkay Gundogan and Leroy Sane
will add unquestionable quality.Guardiola, however, is currently
presiding over an ageing defence and the creaks are showing in
31-year-old Pablo Zabaleta, a magnificent City servant, and Kolarov at
30. Bacary Sagna, 33, was back-up on the bench along with 31-year-old
Gael Clichy.To add further mitigating circumstances, Guardiola was without arguably his most potent creative influence in the injured Kevin de Bruyne while the return of a injury-free Vincent Kompany will be welcome.They are unlikely to run into many teams as driven and full of desire as Spurs were on SundayGuardiola will probably need another two transfer windows to make this his City side - the fact they have started so brilliantly is testimony to the instant impact he has had at Etihad Stadium and on the Premier League.A full and firing City, working to Guardiola's principles, still have the talent to grace the Premier League this season and they are unlikely to run into many teams as driven and full of desire as Spurs were on Sunday.Guardiola's measured response was just right. This was bound to happen - and he has shown in the past he is a very fast learner.
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Bob Bradley has managed at international level for the United States and Egypt
"This is against nature," he said. "It is one thing when someone has this tendency ... and it is another matter to teach this in school. To change the mentality -- I call this ideological colonization. Today, in schools they are teaching this to children -- to children! -- that everyone can choose their gender," Pope Francis
"The pontiff's remarks are further evidence that church officials need desperately to educate themselves about the lives and experiences of LGBT people," said Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministry. Nobody chooses a gender identity. They discover it."
