Victor
Adelakun, the Auto dealer widely known by the street name Ade Lexus and his
friend of same trade, Adebayo Orekoya otherwise known as Bobby Ibadan are back
at each other.
And here
are the details of allegations of coveting friend’s wife that has snowballed
into a counter claim of kidnapping and court case.
A
businessman, Adebayo Orekoya, aka Bobby Ibadan, says his friend, Adelakun
Victor (Ade Lexus), planned to seduce his wife, Pearl.
He said
the claim by Victor that he wanted to assassinate him, was a ploy to distract
the police from the truth.
He
explained that some men arrested and tagged assassins by the police in Lagos
State were actually sent to monitor Victor’s movement so that he could get him
(Victor) red handed when he made a pass at Pearl.
PUNCH
Metro had
reported that the police arrested 46-year-old Adebayo after he allegedly sent a
gang from his hometown in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, to Lagos to kill
Victor at a bar.
The men
were said to be planning at a bar in Ikeja when an informant of the Special
Anti-Robbery Squad eavesdropped on their conversation and alerted the officer
in charge of SARS, Abba Kyari.
The
suspects– Ibrahim Lawal, 27; Yomi Olanrewaju, 25; and Emmanuel Adewale, 25–
after they were rounded up, reportedly confessed to the police that Adebayo
sent them to kill their target and that they had been paid N140,000 as advance
payment.
The
police were said to have recovered N100,000 from the suspects, who were also
caught with guns and Victor’s picture.
It was
however learnt that at the conclusion of investigations, the police arraigned
Adebayo on two counts of kidnapping.
The
matter, which was brought before Chief Magistrate A. O. Komolafe of the Ikeja
Magistrate’s Court, was later struck out on February 18, 2015.
A
certified true copy of the judgment which was obtained by our correspondent
showed that the matter was struck out for lack of diligent prosecution by the
police and absence of witnesses.
Adebayo
told PUNCH Metro that the incident was twisted out of proportion to
destroy his reputation.
He said,
“Ade (Victor) visited me and my wife in Ghana some years back to help him to
secure admission for his son in the University of Ghana. During the visit, Ade
first made a move on my wife.
“When Ade
started sending my wife love messages, she showed me what my friend was up to.
I read and recorded all he was doing until he arranged to meet with my wife at
a club in Ikeja.
“I then
sent the boys to the club to call me when Ade showed up to confront him with
the evidence I had against him. But Ade ran to the police with false
allegations.”
Adebayo’s
wife, Pearl, a Ghanaian, told PUNCH Metro on the telephone that she had
text messages of the conversation she had with Victor.
Pearl,
who spoke from the United States of America, said, “I got to know him through
my husband at the time he came to Ghana. Afterwards, I did not know where he
got my number from, he started calling me. He was disturbing me with love
messages and telephone calls.
“When I
told my husband, he did not believe me at first. He said his friend could not
do that.”
She said
after Victor arranged a meeting with her at the club in Ikeja, her husband
decided to send people to verify her claims.
“My
husband is richer than him and could not have kidnapped him for money,” she
added.
Victor
expressed disappointment at the manner the police handled the case, insisting
that Adebayo wanted to kill him.
He said,
“I did not know about the incident; it was after the police apprehended the
suspects that I was informed and when I got there, I saw the suspects, who
confessed that they were sent to kill me.
“But you
know the Nigerian police, one cannot tell what transpired after they arrested
him. It was five days after they arrested him that he was released on bail. The
other suspects were put in custody for two to three months, and they were also
released.
“The
police said it was a bailable offence. The police were on my side before he was
arrested, but the story suddenly changed. They said the guy did not send them
to kill me, but to kidnap me. That was why they charged him with kidnapping.”
On
Adebayo’s wife, Victor said she had tried to seduce him several times on the
instruction of her husband, with the aim of kidnapping him.
“He
always used his wife to seduce and then kidnap the person for ransom. He had
tried that with me, but I did not fall for it. It was after that that Adebayo
sent the boys after me,” he added.
The
Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Kenneth Nwosu, said he
would get back to our correspondent, but had yet to do so as of press time.
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