Twenty-five-year-old Godwin Williams, a native of Aham community in
Anambra State, has proved himself to be an incarnate of the devil.
Williams allegedly killed his benefactor, Isiaka Dahiru, who sought to lift him out of poverty and unemployment.
Dahiru
bought a brand new motorcycle for him on the clear understanding that
Godwin would pay for the motorcycle in installments, on hire purchase
terms.
Initially, after Williams started using the motorbike to
work as a commercial motorcycle operator, known in Nigerian parlance as
okada, he endeavoured to make prompt payment of the agreed amount and
all was well between him and Dahiru until months later when he allegedly
refused to continue making the agreed payments.
At a point,
Williams allegedly disappeared without a trace for days until Dahiru
sighted him in Ikorodu area of Lagos State and demanded payment of the
outstanding money.
It was at this point that he decided to
unleash the beast in him against the 37-year-old Dahiru, by luring him
to a corner at Gasline area of Odogunyan in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on
October 21, 2018, on the pretext that he wanted to give him part of his
money, but instead he launched into an altercation with Dahiru.
It
was said that Godwin suddenly brought out a machete during the hot
argument and hacked Dahiru to death around 9pm on the day of the
incident.
To cover his evil deeds, Williams allegedly removed the motorcycle’s number plate and kept it with an unnamed person.
A
police source told Sunday Sun: “Isiaka Dahiru noticed that Godwin had
stopped bringing his money for a while and so he went to ask for his
money. An argument ensued between them and Godwin brought out a machete
from under the seat of the motorcycle and hacked Dahiru to death. He
covered the corpse with leaves along the bush path.
“The report
of a missing person was made to the men of the Nigeria Police at Ikorodu
Division. The family of the deceased organized a search party and found
his body along a bush path at Odogunyan, Ikorodu. During the course of
investigation, it was learnt that the motorcycle was found with another
man, who disclosed that Williams brought it to his workshop.”
The
source added: “Thereafter, Godwin Williams was arrested and ar- raigned
before Magistrate O.A. Salawu of Ebute Metta Magistrate Court for
unlawful killing. He has been remanded in prison custody pending legal
advice from Director of Public Prosecution.”
Speaking with our
reporter, the suspect said: “I am a Christian and I will not lie. I did
it, I killed him and I believe if I say the truth, the truth will set me
free. I wanted to steal the motorcycle, so, I stopped paying him the
money. I didn’t know he would find me because I changed the route he
knew I was plying.
“He caught me using the motorcycle to work and
demanded that I must give him his money. I told him to follow me and
took him to a narrow path in the bush. I brought out a cutlass which I
hid under the motorcycle’s seat and killed him.”
The deceased’s
younger brother, Ahmed, who expressed grief over the death of his
brother told Sunday Sun: “My brother was married with six children. We
are from Sokoto State. His death is a painful one to our family. I want
justice from the government.’’
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