Suspect arrested, escorted from police precinct in murder of founder of Gokada ride-sharing app

Record ID: 1562766

  • Title: Suspect arrested, escorted from police precinct in murder of founder of Gokada ride-sharing app
  • Date: 17th July 2020
  • Summary: NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (RECENT - JULY 15, 2020) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF APARTMENT WHERE TECH CEO FAHIM SALEH'S BODY WAS FOUND LAGOS, NIGERIA (RECENT) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MOTORCYCLE TAXIS AT A JUNCTION GOKADA RIDERS VARIOUS OF A GOKADA RIDER PUTTING A HAIR NET AND HELMET ON A FEMALE CLIENT HEAD FEMALE CLIENT CLIMBING ON TO THE BIKE VARIOUS OF MALE CLIENT REQUESTING FOR A RIDE ON AN APP
  • Embargoed: 31st July 2020 22:31
  • Keywords: Fahim Saleh New York Police Department Tyrese Devon Haspil dismembered ride-hailing app
  • Location: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / LAGOS, NIGERIA
  • City: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES / LAGOS, NIGERIA
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Crime
  • Reuters ID: LVA003CN74Y13
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The personal assistant to Fahim Saleh, founder of the Nigerian ride-sharing app Gokada, was arrested on Friday (July 17) in the grisly murder of the 33-year-old tech entrepreneur in his Manhattan apartment.
    Saleh's body was found dismembered and decapitated in his luxury condo on Tuesday, New York police said.
    The suspect, identified as Tyrese Devon Haspil, 21, was charged with second-degree murder and was seen being escorted from the 7th precinct in downtown Manhattan.
    Saleh earlier this week died of multiple stab wounds to the neck and torso, the New York City medical examiner said. His body was discovered in his apartment on Tuesday afternoon.
    His body had been decapitated and dismembered, the parts placed into separate plastic garbage bags. A power saw and cleaning supplies were found plugged in nearby.
    Security camera video showed Saleh in his apartment building's elevator with a man in a dark suit, mask and gloves, the media reports said. Video footage showed the suspect following Saleh into the seventh-story apartment, where a struggle began.
    Saleh, who was born in Saudi Arabia to Bangladeshi parents and grew up in New York, founded the Pathao ride company in 2015 and in 2018 the Gokada motorbike hailing app.
    Gokada was widely used in the Nigerian megacity of Lagos until state officials in February banned motorcycle taxis, known locally as "okada," dealing a serious blow to the company.
    (Production by Hussein Al Waaile and Roselle Chen)
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