The Niger State Police Command has arrested the killer of 20-year-old Abdulrahman Isah, a motorcyclist from Pyata village, Maitumbi, a suburb of Minna, the state capital.

Police Public Relations Officer SP Wasiu Abiodun said the devastating incident occurred on January 2, 2025, at approximately 2 pm, when a distress call reported a lifeless body found along the Pyata-Maitumbi Bye-Pass area of Bosso.

According to him, the police swiftly responded to the scene, where they discovered the body of 20-year-old Abdulrahman Isah, a motorcyclist from Pyata village, lying in a pool of blood. The corpse was evacuated to a nearby hospital morgue.

He stated that during the investigation, Abubakar Sadiq, a resident of the same village, was arrested in connection with the crime.

“He (the suspect) confessed to the crime, stating that he boarded the motorcycle from Berger Junction Bosso to Maitumbi. He further explained that while on their way, he deceived the rider and diverted him to follow a lonely path along the Pyata-Maitumbi Bye-Pass Road, where he used a stone to hit the rider on the head,” the police spokesperson stated.

After the rider became unconscious, Sadiq allegedly took the motorcycle to Beji market and gave it to Ibrahim Garba, 35, of Kuyi village, Bosso, who sold it for N310,000 to one Bala Usman of Wushishi.

Both Garba and Usman were also arrested, and N300,000 was recovered from them.

The suspects are currently undergoing preliminary investigations and will soon be transferred to SCID Minna for further investigation and prosecution.

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