Get Guardian on GoogleThe Rivers State Police Command has arrested two men suspected of killing a motorcycle rider and dumping his remains in a forest in Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state.
The suspects, identified as Abubakar Sani, 24, and Yusuf Magaji, 20, both natives of Kano State, were arrested on October 22, 2026, at Choba Motor Park in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area, where they were allegedly found dismantling a motorcycle suspected to have been stolen.
The police said the arrest followed intelligence received by operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), Emohua, about the presence of suspected cultists at the motor park, where they were reportedly dismantling the motorcycle.
According to a statement by the Command’s Spokesperson, ASP Blessing Agabe, preliminary investigations linked the suspects to the murder of Sani Musa, a motorcycle rider from Zago Town in Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
The deceased was allegedly lured by the suspects to a forest in Mbiama Town, Ahoada West, where they reportedly stabbed him to death before concealing his remains in the bush and making away with his motorcycle.
Police investigations further revealed that the suspects allegedly planned to transport the stolen motorcycle to Kano State through a waybill, apparently to avoid raising suspicion over its movement.
In what the police described as a breakthrough in the investigation, the two suspects allegedly confessed to the crime and led operatives to the forest where the victim’s remains were recovered.
The recovery brought an end to the search for the missing motorcycle rider, whose family was subsequently contacted by the police.
The Command said arrangements had been made to release the remains to the family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites and customs, as requested by the deceased’s relatives.
The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, has directed operatives to intensify investigations to establish the full circumstances surrounding the killing, identify possible accomplices and ensure that everyone connected with the crime is brought to justice.
The police commissioner also reiterated the Command’s determination to tackle cultism, murder and other violent crimes across the state, urging residents to provide timely and credible information that could assist security agencies in identifying criminal activities.
