Thirty-three-year-old suspect, Isah Hassan has revealed how he slammed a stone on the head of a commercial cyclist, Mohammed Baba, in order to kill him and steal his motorcycle.
Hassan, while posing as a passenger, chartered the 21-year-old cyclist. While they were on the journey, Hassan brought out a hidden stone from the fold of his cloth and slammed it on the head of Baba.
Baba fell to the ground and started screaming in pains. While Baba writhed and gasped his last breath, Hassan climbed a nearby tree and proceeded to watch him die.
After Baba died, Hassan stole his motorcycle and phone. He forged documents of the motorcycle and sold it. He used proceeds from the crime to settle his debtors.
Hassan would have gotten away with the crime, but for operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team.
Recalling how he killed the cyclist, Hassan said: “On our way, I asked him to stop at a junction close to Airport Road. I pretended that I went to urinate; I picked a stone and hid it inside my cloth.
“We continued on our journey; when we got to an area where there were no houses, I hit his head with the stone. He slumped from the motorbike and started convulsing on the ground; he was also screaming in pains. I dragged his motorcycle into an uncompleted building nearby. I climbed a tree and watched him struggled on the ground for close to an hour before he died.
“When I was sure he was dead, I went to a nearby farm, dug a grave and buried him before leaving with his motorcycle and phone. The time was 7:30pm. It was already dark. That night, Baba’s phone started ringing.
“When I picked, a woman asked where he was. She thought she was speaking with him. She said that he ought to have returned home. I first pretended that I was Baba, but later told her that Baba had been arrested by police. I pretended to be a policeman.”
