A 30-year-old farmer, Haruna Mohammed of Shireke village, Kaiama in Kaiama local government area of Kwara state, who allegedly killed his friend over a bicycle has been charged to court for culpable homicide.

The trial Magistrate ordered the accused to be remanded at the Federal Prisons in Ilorin having appeared before it on a one-count charge of culpable homicide, contrary to section 221 of penal code law.

The accused was salleged to have on June 26, 2014 hacked his friend to death in order to inherit his bicycle and his farm.

The Policemen at Kaiama divisional headquarters arrested the accused following a complaint by one Sadiq Tori Musa of Woro village that while he was in his house, one Ibrahim Zaki told him the 52-year-old deceased, Abubakar Dankanu was found dead in his hut.

According to the complainant, when he got to the deceased's house he discovered deep cuts all over his head.

The long arm of the law caught up with the accused when a team of police and vigilante arrested him along Shireke via Woro village, off Kaiama with the deceased's bicycle.

The accused was said to have confessed that the Nokia handset and some clothes found in his possession belonged to the deceased.

The Police First Information Report (FIR) stated that investigation conducted at the department of criminal investigation, Ilorin, revealed that the accused confessed to have entered the deceased's hut and used hoe to hack him to death while sleeping because he wanted to inherit his bicycle and farm.

The police prosecutor, Sergeant Bilikisu Adu objected to the bail of the accused and urged the court to remand him in prison custody pending the determination of the case.

Magistrate Shita Salihu remanded the accused at the federal prison, Oke-Kura, Ilorin pending the outcome of the investigation and adjourned the case till August 20 for further mention.