Motor Boy: I killed Him Becuase I Needed N150,000 For Dubai Trip

 

A 32 year old Sani is resting in police nest At the  Lagos State Criminal Investigations Department ,SCID, Yaba , Lagos, for allegedly stabbing to death one Mr Shittu Aremu, driver of a truck to death while accompanying him to Port Harcourt, Rivers state, destination of the 40,000 litre of petroleum product.

Late Areme was 56 years and was a driver for  S.K Transport Service Nigeria Limited, he loaded a truck with with aviation fuel worth N5.5 million and consequently left Lagos for Port Harcourt on November 13, 2014, to discharge the product.

"But before leaving Lagos State, he was said to have invited Saidu to work with him as his motor boy, with a promise to pay him an undisclosed amount at the end of the trip.But little did he realize that the invitation would end his life.

The first sign that signalled an unpalatable situation for the truck driver, followed difficulty by his employee to reach him on his mobile phone, two days after he embarked on the journey.Further checks from the tracking device on the truck reportedly showed that the truck had been diverted from its original route to somewhere around Mutum Biu, in Taraba state."

Investigation gathered showed that Saidu murdered the truck driver before diverting the truck of route to the norther part of the country. Saidu who gave horrific description of how he stabbed his master with a knife and threw him off the truck before taking over the wheels.

“ I killed Mr Aremu because I wanted to sell the aviation fuel and use the money to travel to Dubai on a business trip”

Narrating how he snuffed life out of Aremu whom he fondly called baba Oyo, Saidu said:

“ A day after we left Lagos, at about 6pm, the company called baba Oyo and instructed him to park at Umunede, Delta state for security reason and that he should proceed on the journey the following day"