Two commercial motorcyclists were killed at different locations by unknown people while their motorcycles were taken away in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State.
One of the victims known as Dada Jatto from Iyani Akoko in the council area was said to have been missing for the past three days before his lifeless body was found beside the road on Tuesday.
A source in the town told PUNCH Metro that the deceased’s lifeless body was found with various machete cuts all over.
The source said, “He is a popular okada rider in the town and had been missing three days ago. Upon the search efforts, his mutilated body and the damaged mobile phone were discovered without his motorbike at a spot very close to Arigidi along Oke Agbe road.”
It was gathered that a second incident involved another okada rider whose assailant allegedly lured him to a place between Ikare and Arigidi Akoko.
A resident of the area who simply identified himself as Mustafa said the assailants used a sledgehammer to smash the deceased’s head but he was rescued and taken to a hospital where he later gave up the ghost. However, one of the assistants was arrested.
“Before he died in a hospital, he managed to describe his assailant and the snatcher of his motorbike. Vigilant security agents in the area arrested one of the attackers with the motorcycle at Akunu Akoko,” he narrated.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed one of the incidents and said an investigation was ongoing into the matter.
“I can only confirm the one that happened in Iyani Akoko and efforts are on to arrest the perpetrators while an investigation had commenced,” the PPRO stated.
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