Officers of the Bauchi State Police Command have nabbed five suspects over the alleged murder of a commercial motorcyclist in Kangere village in Bauchi Local Government Area.
The State Police Command’s Spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, made this available to reporters in a statement issued on Friday, in Bauchi, stating that the five suspects allegedly committed criminal conspiracy, armed robbery and culpable homicide.
He said, “Police received a report from one Ibrahim Umar of Kangere ward in Bauchi Local Government Area that his younger brother, one Muhammad Tukur, a commercial motorcyclist, was missing.
“On April 9, police received information from Maina-Maji Divisional Headquarters that a decomposing corpse was sighted at Shinge village forest in Alkaleri Local Government Area.
“The corpse was later identified to be that of the missing motorcyclist.”
According to Peoples Gazette, Wakil added that investigation revealed that Hashimu Adamu (22), of Badaqoshi village in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state and Anas Muhammed (23) of Kangere village were the last passengers sighted with the motorcyclist.
He stated that detectives swung into action and arrested the aforesaid passengers for interrogation.
“During interrogation, the suspects confessed that they conspired between themselves to lure Tukur, the motorcyclist, to take them to Badaqoshi village Alkaleri Local Government Area.
“On reaching Shinge village, they stabbed the motorcyclist in his stomach, slaughtered him, abandoned the corpse and made away with his motorcycle,” he stated.
Wakil stated that the suspects would be charged in court at the completion of investigation, while adding that one motorcycle was recovered as exhibit.
