The Ogun State security outfit, Social Orientation and Safety (So-Safe) Corps, has arrested a 29-year-old bricklayer, Shakiru Bello, for allegedly attacking a commercial motorcyclist and carting away his bike.
Bello, who was said to have disguised as a passenger, was arrested following a complaint by the victim simply identified as Abel.
The suspect had allegedly hired Abel to convey him on his bike to Agobaba, Yewa South LGA of Ogun.
The So-Safe Corps spokesman, Moruf Yusuf, told newsmen in Abeokuta that the robbery suspect, who resided at Penpe in Owode Yewa, had confessed to the crime.
He said during preliminary investigation, the bricklayer had confessed that “he stopped the motorcy-clist to take him as a passenger to Agobaba Area, and the motive was to snatch the bike from him.”
According to Yusuf, the suspect explained how he directed the bike man to take him towards a new site, at a house being built by his friend.
He said “On getting there, he picked a shovel kept by the side of the building and hit the motorcy-clist’s head with the intention to kill him. He then went away with his bike.”
He added that the victim, who also lives in Agobaba, told the corps that he pretended to have died after the attack.
Yusuf said after the suspect had left with his motorcycle, “he managed to contact the So-Safe office for help.”
He said following the report, the corps commander, Soji Ganzallo, directed his men to go after the suspect, and he was arrested with the stolen bike.
The suspect and the Bajaj motorcycle were transferred to Owode-Egbado divisional police headquarters.
