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Suspected hoodlums kill cyclist, dump corpse in ditch

The corps of a commercial cyclist identified as Hussain Gambo has been found in a ditch near Pegi community in Kuje Area Council of the FCT.

A resident of Pegi, Ishaya Bako, said the deceased was declared missing on Sunday, until Tuesday when his corpse was discovered inside a ditch near a stream at Pegi community in the area.

He said the deceased, was stabbed to death and his motorcycle taken away by suspected hoodlums who boarded his bike from Tukpechi village to convey them to Pegi.

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He said some members of the vigilantes on patrol discovered the corpse and alerted some Okada riders in Kuje tipper garage, who mobilised to the scene and identified the corpse.

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A member of the vigilante, Yakubu Gambo, confirmed the incident, saying the deceased lost his bike after some hoodlums stabbed him to death and dumped his corpse in a ditch and escaped with his bike.

“It was some of the Okada men who came and identified his corpse and told our members that the deceased picked two passengers from Tukpechi village to Pegi on Sunday, after which he was not seen again until when his corpse was found on Tuesday,” he said.

He said the corpse had been handed to relations at Sauka village along Airport road and that it had been buried.

The spokeswoman of the FCT police command, SP Adeh Josephine, was yet to confirm the incident as at the time of filing this report.

 

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