I never knew Segun Oyesunmi was a criminal – Ghanaian wife

Cyriacus Izuekwe

A Ghanaian woman, Rose Oyesunmi who is married to a Nigerian Segun Oyesunmi has opted out from her seven-year old marriage saying that she did not know that she was married to a criminal.

Rose stated this during interrogation with the Nigerian police after her husband Segun was declared wanted for his alleged involvement in the assassination attempt of premier lotto boss in Lagos state, southwestern Nigeria.

The principal manager of Baba Ijebu in Alimosho Local Government Area (LGA) Alhaji Akins Abubakar escaped assassination after Segun Oyesunmi who was one of his staff paid an undisclosed amount to assassins to snuff life out of him.

The mother of two kids explained that all she knew was that her husband had a strange character and he kept to himself all the time and refused to relate with their neighbours.

She said she did not know that his strange character translated to his involvement until the was informed by the police.

She confessed that he often slept outside their matrimonial home for days and made her to believe that he was going for work at construction sites.

She revealed that the Abubakar he planned to kill was the one taking care of their family and that he even employed him to earn money on his own before he planned to kill him.

She said when the issue first came up, she did not believe until she confirmed from her husband through telephone. She added that he told her to find a way to leave the house.

Segun Oyesunmi allegedly contacted two suspects, Gbenga Olunuga, 35 and Paul Alimele, 35 and paid a certain amount of money so that they can rob and kill Abubakar, to enable him take over leadership of the business in Alimosho LGA.

The suspectsd were arrested and charged before a Magistrate’s court in Ejigbo with attempted robbery and murder under the Criminal Code.

While Segun Oyesunmi who provided every information to the suspects including where they would recover some money in Abubakar’s home and office is now on the run.

However, before the suspects would carry out the operation at Abule-Oki area of Iyana Ipaja in Lagos where Abubakar resides they were rounded up on a tip off.

The suspects who reside at Agbara area failed after they contacted a man identified as Wale to join in the operation and to help them to acquire equipment for the operation.

While they were discussing the operation in a hotel, Wale who pretended to be interested leaked their plans to the local vigilante in the area who contacted the police.

When they arrived at Abubakar’s office at Abule-Oki in Iyana Ipaja for the operation, they were rounded up and handed over to the police at Gowon estate.

P.M.NEWS gathered that the police recovered masks, rope, knives and other dangerous weapons from them as exhibit.

During interrogation, the suspects confessed that it was one Segun who was the staff of Alhaji Abubakar that sent them.

Since then, Segun has being on the run.