Two Arrested for Killing Okada Rider to Sell Motorcycle …Villains Fight over Sharing Formula

Matilda Omonaiye/

The police in Ogun have held two suspected armed robbers who allegedly killed a commercial motorcycle rider before snatching his bike.

According to the Ogun State police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, 27-year-old Lekan Odusote of Sanga area of Ijebu-Ode and 22-year-old Monday John of Molipa Estate, Ijebu-Ode were arrested over the killing of a yet to be identified Okada rider before snatching his motorcycle.

Oyeyemi stated: “The two suspects lured the bike man to Ikangba area of Obalende in Ijebu-Ode where they killed him and took his corpse to an uncompleted building, dug a shallow grave and buried him there.

“Having done with the Okada man, they took his motorcycle to Ijebu-Igbo where they sold it at the rate of N120, 000. Luck, however, ran against them when they were about to share the money because of their inability to agree on a particular sharing formula. This led to a serious altercation between them and some of their pronouncements arouse the suspicions of people around who promptly informed the Police.

Upon the information, the DPO Obalende Division, CSP Sunday Omonijo, swiftly dispatched his detectives to effect the arrest of the two suspects. On interrogation, they confessed luring an Okada man to an isolated area where they killed him and took possession of the motorcycle which they sold, and the sharing formula of the proceeds caused disagreement between them. The suspects have taken police to the uncompleted building where the victim was buried, and the corpse has been recovered and taken to the mortuary for post mortem examination.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Bashir Makama has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.