Three arrested for ‘killing’ Bolt driver during argument over payment in Abuja

The federal capital territory (FCT) police command says Obasi Okeke, a bolt driver, has been killed in Abuja.

Speaking during a media briefing on Thursday, Haruna Garba, FCT police commissioner, said three suspects have been arrested over the incident.

Garba said the police had received a report about the discovery of the victim, lying in his pool of blood with a slit throat at Ngugu close Area 11, Garki, Abuja.

He said in the course of the investigation, the police discovered that the deceased was a bolt driver who was called by one of the suspects to convey them to the Guzape area of Abuja.

He said the suspects had engaged the bolt driver to the area to buy Indian hemp.

“Back from Guzape, to their take-off point, they discovered they had no money to pay for their trip,” NAN quoted the police chief as saying.

“They showed the deceased a fake debit alert on one of their phones but the deceased insisted that he had not received any alert.

“In the ensuing argument, one of the suspects brought out a knife, slit the deceased throat and fled from the scene.”

He said the three suspects had confessed to committing the crime and would be charged in court upon completion of the investigation.

The commissioner also said the command arrested a scavenger over the alleged abduction of a three-year-old boy in the Nyanya area of Abuja.

He said the suspect was arrested on July 13 by police operatives from the Nyanya divisional headquarters following actionable intelligence.

“The suspect had lured the boy and when he was going with him with the full complements of his scavenging materials, he was suspected and about to be lynched by angry mobs at area ‘B’ Nyanya,” he said.

“They rescued the boy and arrested the suspect. In the course of the investigation, the suspect confessed to the crime and mentioned one Abba as his accomplice who engaged him to look for a boy for him.

“The rescued boy has since been handed over to the parents while the suspect will soon be charged to court.”