Photos: Chinse man arrested for attempted assasination of his Nigerian business partner in Lagos

The Lagos state police command has arrested a Chinese national over an attempt to assassinate his Nigerian business partner in Lagos. The suspect identified as Sunk Kun, who has been residing in Lagos for 5 years, was arrested after one of the assassins who he paid N1.4 million to kill his business partner was arrested. Parading the Chinese man and the Hired assassin before newsmen in Lagos today, the Lagos state police commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, said majority of the money paid to the hired assassin has been recovered.

                               

"The Chinese national fellow who is in business with some Nigerians, happened to have business misunderstanding with one of the Nigerians and he thought the best way to resolve the business misunderstanding is to eliminate his Nigerian business partner. He had recruited a fellow who is his co-accused to go and help him recruit more people in order for them to kill the Nigerian business partner that he had a misunderstanding with and he had paid the sum of N1.4 million for the assignment"

When interrogated, the Chinese man said

"This Nigerian man, many years ago, he did business with my company. He owed me money and is a fraudster. I don't want to kill him but he wanted to kill me. This guy says he can do voodoo for me. The money is not for assassination, it is for juju"he said