Rivers Police Arrest Suspected Cultists for Murder

On 22nd October 2026, operatives from the Rivers State Police Command's Violent Crime Response Unit arrested two suspects, Abubakar Sani, aged 24, and Yusuf Magaji, aged 20, at Choba Motor Park. They were allegedly dismantling a motorcycle suspected to be stolen.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects lured Sani Musa, a motorcycle rider from Zago Town, Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, to a forest in Mbiama Town, Ahoada West Local Government Area, where they stabbed him to death. The suspects confessed to concealing his remains in the bush and intended to transport the stolen motorcycle to Kano State via a waybill.

The police recovered the victim's remains and contacted his family for burial arrangements according to Islamic rites. Commissioner of Police, CP Olugbenga Adewole Adepoju, directed an intensified investigation to uncover any accomplices and ensure justice.