I beheaded motorcyclist for refusing to surrender his machine – Suspect

Operatives of the Niger State Police Command have arrested one Dauda Yakubu of Girinya village in the Konton -Karfe Local Government Area of Kogi State for allegedly beheading one Emmanuel Sunday .

Yakubu was alleged to have subsequently made away with his victim’ s motorcycle .

It was learnt that the elder brother to the deceased , Amos Sunday, reported to the police that his brother did not return home from work .

Northern City News gathered that police operatives attached to Lapai Division intercepted the suspect at Kagbodu village in Lapai Local Government Area in possession of the deceased ’ s motorcycle .

It was also learnt that the suspect during investigation confessed to have conspired with one Mohammed Yunusa , now at large , to attack the victim.

Yakubu told our correspondent that he would not have killed Sunday if he had handed over his motorcycle to him without a struggle.

“ He refused to hand over his motorcycle to me ; so , I got angry and we beheaded him and zoomed off with the motorcycle .

“ I don ’ t know what came over me; we are from the same state ( Kogi ) but we reside in Niger State . How do I explain myself to my kinsmen?”

Asked if he wanted to use the victim’ s head for rituals, Yakubu said , “ I couldn ’ t have used my kinsman ’ s head for rituals; our culture forbids it; it was the devil that pushed me into killing him . ”

The Public Relations Officer for the Niger State Police Command, Muhammad Abubakar , confirmed the incident on Sunday , adding that detectives had recovered Sunday’ s body and his motorcycle .

He explained that the police were on the trail of the fleeing Yunusa , noting that the case would be charged to court after investigation.