A Chinese man, Sun Hun, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly recruiting mercenaries to assassinate his Nigerian business partner.

He was arrested in Lagos Island following the arrest of one Chika Eze, whom he reportedly paid N1.4 million to hire the killers. Chika hired two men to carry out the task but the police got information and swooped on them on Thursday afternoon while they were taking an oath of secrecy.

Chika said the Chinese discussed the cost of the assassination with the other two guys, adding that his role was to get killers and pay them.

“He is my boss. He told me to arrange boys to kill his business partner who is owing him. He discussed the amount with them and then gave me N1.4 million. I have already given them N400,000 that was why the police found one million Naira on me,” he said.

However, the Chinese who claimed to be an importer of footwear, said he only told Eze to recruit boys who will do “juju” against the man.

According to him, the unnamed business partner owes him over N4million.

“He refused to pay my money. Instead he went to court when I was not around and claimed that I was owing him N10 million. He got judgment against me and the court said I should pay.

“He is an Igbo man and I did not ask them to kill him. I told them to do juju for the man,” said Hun.