A murder suspect, Abubakar Sadiq, has confessed on how he killed a commercial motorcyclist, snatched the deceased’s motorcycle and sold it for N310,000 in Niger state.
Sadiq, according to the police, killed Abdulrahman Isah, after boarding the machine from Bosso area of Minna to Maitumbi.P
The Police Police Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Niger state Police command, SP Wasiu Abiodun said: “On 02/01/2025 at about 2pm, a distress call was received that a lifeless body was found along Pyata-Maitumbi Bye-Pass area of Bosso.”
He stated that the police operatives of Bosso Div moved to the scene where a body identified as one Abdulrahman Isah, 20- years- old of Pyata village, a motorcyclist was found in his pool of blood and his motorcycle was taken away by the suspected killer while the corpse was evacuated to a nearby hospital morgue.
In the course of investigation, the police said, one Abubakar Sadiq of the same village was arrested in connection with the incident and he confessed to the crime.
The PPRO said the suspect narrated that, ” I boarded the motorcycle from Berger junction, Bosso, to Maitumbi. While on our way, I deceived the rider and diverted him to follow a lonely path along Pyata-Maitumbi Bye-Pass road and I used a stone to hit the rider on the head.”
He further narrated that the rider became unconscious and he took the motorcycle away. He later took it to Beji market, gave it to one Ibrahim Garba, 35-years-old of Kuyi village. Bosso sold it at the rate of three hundred and ten thousand naira to one Bala Usman of Wushishi.
The police said the receivers were arrested and a sum of three hundred thousand naira was recovered from them.
