The Gombe State Police Command has paraded a farmer known Ephraim Kadiri, aged 37 for killing an Okada in Gombe.
The Commissioner of Police, Shehu Maikudi, while Parading the suspect at the state command headquarters said the suspect took the motorcycle to where it was sold for N120, 000.
The Police Commissioner said the Okada rider was hacked down and the motorcycle is stolen, adding that it took the police working tirelessly to rescue the suspect from an angry mob from attacking the divisional police station over the incident.
The CP stated, that Kadiri was the one, who almost caused chaos for us yesterday in Billiri after killing a commercial motorcyclist and stealing his motorcycle. Restive youths in Billiri thought we were not doing enough and attempted to attack the police station.
He said We had to deploy our men there with the help of the Area Commander who had to speak to the youth as well as engage the stakeholders in the town to calm the situation adding that Policemen were later deployed to Cham, where the suspect was arrested in a hotel, but he had already sold the motorcycle at Laraban Lamurde.”