Zorzor, Lofa – Citizens of Lofa County in Zorzor and other surrounding areas including those along the Salayea -Zorzor stretch of road are said to be panic-stricken upon the discovery of the lifeless body of a 28-year-old commercial motorcyclist.
The 28-year-old identified as J. Barkolleh Tokpah, was discovered dead on Friday, August 8, 2018, between Suclumu Town and Zorzor City, according to police investigators in that part of the country.
WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGE
Officials of police quote family members as saying that the deceased motorcyclist is believed to have been murdered by an unknown individual who he took on his bike while riding from Yarpeah in Salayea District to Zorzor City with two tins of palm oil and another smaller container also containing oil.
Family members disclosed that the cyclist before being allegedly murdered was seen on three different occasions that faithful day transporting palm oil from Yarpeah to Zorzor.
It is believed that while he and the victim were on the bike, the alleged perpetrator used a single barrel shotgun with which he fired the biker from the back of his head before reaching the immigration checkpoint in Zorzor City around 7-8pm, according to the police.
PUNCH understands that Tokpah’s unknown assailant reportedly made away with the cyclist’s motorbike to an unknown destination after the commission of the crime.
The remains of the deceased have been turned over by the police to the family for burial, following an inspection of the corpse by a 15-member team of examiners, including community dwellers and some motorcyclists, that were assembled by the police.
PUNCH has reliably learned that this brings to two the number of times in less than two months that a motorcyclist has been murdered along the Salayea to Zorzor highway by unknown individuals who have all made away with their victims’ bikes.
