Thelma Osatohanmwen
The Niger State Police command has arraigned a suspect accused of killing a motorcycle rider and absconded with his motorcycle.
The suspect, Yahaya Mohammed and other suspects involved in notorious crimes were paraded on Monday during investigation.
The spokesman for the command, Abiodun Wasiu assured the public that investigation is ongoing as he shared the course of findings so far.
He said, “Police received information of a lifeless body with a slit throat in a pool of his blood at Shabalile area of Mokwa. Police operatives led by DPO Mokwa Division mobilized to the scene and evacuated the corpse to the hospital morgue.
“In the course of investigation, on 2/10/2023 at about 1130hrs, a Bajaj motorcycle suspected to have been robbed from the deceased was recovered from an uncompleted building in Mokwa, while the investigation led to the arrest of one Usman Yahaya Muhammed 20yrs of Kinboku-Kudu village of Mokwa”, he shared.
Waisu disclosed that the case is currently being investigated at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Minna, as the suspect would be arraigned for culpable homicide.
He added that the suspect admitted to the crime during questioning, saying he boarded the motorcycle to Eppa village.
While en route, he stopped the rider and fatally attacked him with a machete, then left the body behind and fled with the motorcycle.
Speaking with newsmen, the Suspect tearfully expressed fear, pleading to be pardoned and said he didn’t understand why he committed the act.