3 arrested for killing Kogi graduate, stealing tricycle

The Kogi State Police Command has apprehended three suspects linked to the gruesome killing of a young graduate in the state.

The command’s spokesperson, ASP Afusat Saliu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

Saliu said the suspects were arrested through a well coordinated operation at Otokiti Estate in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi State, on March 25.

Saliu said two of the suspects, allegedly posing as construction workers, lured the victim to a secluded area, killed him with a shovel, and stole his tricycle.

The police spokesperson revealed that the victim’s family had reported him missing on March 18, after he left home on his tricycle, only to later find his lifeless body around CBN zone 8 in Lokoja on March 19.

She explained that an investigation led to the arrest of the two suspects, who confessed to the crime and revealed that they sold the tricycle to the third suspect.

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Saliu said the police recovered the tricycle alongside four other stolen motorcycles from the third suspect in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.

She said further investigation revealed that the suspects were ex-convicts, previously linked to several murder and armed robbery cases.

Saliu said the suspects have been charged to court and assured the public that the police was commitment to rid Kogi State of crime.