The police command in Edo says it arrested three suspects over the killing of commercial motorcycle rider Hamisu Sule on Sapele Road to Urhobo Quarters, Ogheghe community.

In a statement on Monday, the command’s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, said operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit made the arrest in collaboration with members of the Edo State Security Corps.

She stated that the suspects, Dominic Habbaku, 36, Chinda Musa, 28, and Samuel Francis, 22, confessed to luring the rider on Thursday from Sapele Road to Urhobo Quarters.

Ms Ikoede said the rider was subsequently robbed of his motorcycle and murdered.

“Acting swiftly on the intelligence, operatives raided an uncompleted building where the three suspects were arrested,” she said. 

The police said a TVS motorcycle belonging to the deceased was recovered, alongside eight rounds of live AA ammunition, two rounds of live AK-47 ammunition and one live cartridge.

She explained that the suspects led operatives to Ogheghe community, where the corpse of the victim was recovered and deposited at the morgue for preservation and autopsy.

The police said the investigation was ongoing, with efforts being intensified to recover the suspects’ operational weapons and establish the full circumstances surrounding the murder.