Two suspected motorcycle thieves have confessed the reason for committing the crime to the Adamawa State Police Command.
According to one of the suspects, Nura Mohammed, aged 20 he planned and executed the theft of a new motorcycle to finance his wedding, which he said was paramount to him.
Nura, who hails from Modire in Girei Local Government Area, told the police that he and his accomplice, identified as Muhammed Bello, lured the bike owner to a quiet spot where they forcefully snatched his bike from him.
Giving details of their criminal activity, Nura, a commercial motorcyclist, pleaded with his fiancée to exercise patience and understand that he robbed the bike owner in the interest of the lovers.
He asked the law for forgiveness, as it was the first time he would commit such a crime.
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The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said the incident occurred in Fufore LGA of the state.
On his part, Muhammed Bello, 24, said Nura called him on Sunday, December 18, and reminded him about their plan to snatch a motorcycle.
Bello, who is from Fufore LGA, said that they left on December 19 for Fufore LGA, where they hired a commercial motorcyclist whose motorcycle was new to take them to Parda in the LGA.
He disclosed that while on their way to Parda, he deliberately threw his cap in the river and asked the motorcyclist to stop for him to pick it up. He explained that while the motorcyclist was trying to stop, Nura removed the key to the motorcycle and asked for the particulars.
He said that while all that was going on, three people appeared on a motorcycle trying to cross the river and that he threatened them with his machete, asking them to pass quickly.
“Out of fear after seeing the machete, the operator of our targeted motorcycle took to his heels for his own safety, abandoning his motorcycle,” Muhammed Bello said, adding that Nura then rode the motorcycle to Yolde Pate in Yola South LGA, where he hid it in the house of their friend.
Bello revealed that he was arrested on Tuesday, December 20, by a team of vigilantes and that he was compelled to take the team to arrest Nura Mohammed, following which they landed in police net.