The Bauchi State Police Command, yesterday, said it has arrested two passengers over the alleged killing of a commercial motorcyclist, and stealing his bike in Alkaleri Local Council of the state.
The Command’s spokesman, Ahmed Wakil, in a statement identified the suspected killers as Hashimu Adamu, 22 of Badaqoshi Village, and Anas Muhammed, 23 of Kangere, Bauchi Local Council.
The statement further explained that: On April 5, at about 8:pm, one Ibrahim Umar of Kangere Ward, Bauchi LGA came to A Divisional Headquarters and reported missing, his younger brother, one Muhammad Tukur, an okada rider (Dan Achaba), of the same address missing.
“On receiving the report, information of the missing person was obtained and disseminated to the various areas within Bauchi and beyond.”
Four days later, at about 4:pm, the statement added that “information was received from Maina-Maji Divisional Headquarters that a decomposed male corpse was seen at Shinge Village forest, Alkaleri LGA, which was confirmed as the missing person.
“During the investigation, it was revealed that the suspects were the last passengers sighted with the okada rider heading to Badaqoshi Village.”
Consequently, detectives attached to the Command swiftly swung into action and arrested the aforesaid passengers for interrogation.
“The suspects confessed that on the 4th of April, at about 08:am they criminally conspired amongst themselves to lure Muhammad Tukur
“okada man” now deceased, to take them to Badaqoshi village Alkaleri LGA. On reaching Shinge village, they stabbed him in his abdomen with a sharp knife afterward slaughter him and abandoned the dead body therein, and made away with his Bajaj motorcycle.
