How tracking device in motorcycle leads police to killers of cyclist

Juliana Francis

Detectives attached to Owvian Aladja Police Station, Delta State, have been able to track down suspected armed robbers, who shot dead a cyclist and disappeared with his motorcycle.

The cyclist later identified as Efe Peter was shot dead and his corpse was abandoned by the roadside. Police were able to use the tracking device on his motorcycle to track down his killers.

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Bright Edafe, got the information about the abandoned corpse on the 16^th of January 2023.

Edafe explained thus: “On the 16^th of January at about 5:PM, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Owvian Aladja Police Station, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) Aliyu Shaba, received a distress call that a male corpse was found at the expressway close to Ujevwu junction in Udu LGA.

“Acting on this information, he detailed detectives to the scene where the corpse later identified as Efe Peter, 26, a native of Egiegi community was shot by some armed robbers and carted away his tricycle. The corpse was evacuated and taken to the mortuary.

“On the same day, a good-spirited individual reported at the station that the deceased was his tricycle rider, and the tricycle has a tracking device installed on it. It was on this information that the operatives again swung into action, trailed and located the tricycle to Warri/ Sapele road by Mercy City church where the robbers on sighting the police opened fire in a bid to escape and the police responded accordingly.

“In the ensuing gun duel, one of the suspects was neutralised, while the other suspect who sustained a serious gunshot injury was arrested. He confessed to the murder of the deceased and revealed that his other gang members were one Kparobo, Smally Macaiver  and progress, all residing in Ekpan.  One cut to size locally made single barrel gun, one cartridge, and two expended cartridges were recovered while the injured suspect was taken to the hospital where he later died while receiving treatment. Effort is on to arrest the other gang members.”