Passenger allegedly slits Okada rider’s throat over N50 balance

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A 20-year-old suspect, Abdulrahman Muhammed, has been arrested by the police after he allegedly slit the throat of a commercial motorcyclist and fled with his motorcycle because of N50.

The motorcyclist, simply identified as Owechu, is a member of the Articulate Motorcyclists Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria, Iyana Iyesi branch, in Ado- Odo Ota area of Ogun State.

Owechu, according to the Punch, was taking Muhammed from Ijaba junction to Ijaba Pipeline, a neighbouring community to Iyana Iyesi, when the latter reportedly killed him and fled with the motorcycle, leaving him in a pool of blood.

The suspect was arrested in Iju another neighbouring community where he ran to after the incident.

A relative of the deceased, Emmanuel Omajowu, demanded that the suspect face the full weight of the law, saying Owechu’s death had devastated his parents and the entire family.

He said, “Around 10am last Tuesday, he was taking the Hausa man (Muhammed) from Ijaba junction to Ijaba Pipeline. The place is a developing area and it is usually deserted. They were on the way when he suddenly brought out a knife and slit Owechu’s throat.The killer escaped with the motorcycle.

“Owechu’s death is a big blow to the family. He was friendly and generous. We want the police to prosecute the case diligently and let justice be done.”

A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said Okada riders had stopped Muhammed at Iyana Iyesi, because they saw bloodstains on his clothes.

“He lied to them that he had an accident with a passenger and that he was going to a hospital in Iju to treat himself. That was why they allowed him to go. When the corpse of the motorcyclist was later found, a boy said he saw him with Muhammed.

“A leader of Hausa in the community called Muhammed on the telephone to wait at Iju and the police went there to arrest him.”

However, the suspect told the policein hausa that it was an argument over N50 change that led him to stab Owechu.

He said, “When I reached my destination, I gave him N200 and asked for N50 change. He said my fare was N200 and refused to give me change. As we were exchanging words, he slapped me. He removed the knife from my pocket and we started struggling.

“I managed to collect it and stabbed him. I didn’t mean to kill him.”

The report has it that the death of the motorcyclist caused uproar in the town which took the intervention of the community leaders and a police team, led by the Divisional Police Officer of the Onipanu division, CSP Muyideen Obe, to douse the tension that ensued after Owechu’s killing.

An Okada rider, simply identified as Bolaji, said, “For two days, Hausa traders around the park could not open shops because the other residents were angry. The Hausa leader, baales within communities in Iyesi and the DPO had to come to the park to pacify us.”

A member of AMORAN executive, Gafar Ajayi, said the motorcyclists in the park had been warned against taking passengers to deserted places to avert such incidence.

CSP Muyideen Obe, while confirming the incident, said that the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigation is done with.

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