The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists over the alleged murder of a motorcycle rider, whose remains were recovered from a forest in Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state.
The police spokesperson, ASP Agabe Blessing Kaborlo, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, identifying the suspects as Abubakar Sani, 24, and Yusuf Magaji, 20, both natives of Kano State.
According to the police, the suspects were arrested following intelligence that they were allegedly dismantling a motorcycle suspected to have been stolen at Choba Motor Park.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly lured the victim, identified as Sani Musa, a motorcycle rider from Zago Town in Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, to a forest in Mbiama, Ahoada West, where they reportedly stabbed him to death.
The suspects allegedly concealed his remains in the bush before taking away his motorcycle.
The police said the suspects confessed during interrogation and disclosed that they planned to transport the stolen motorcycle to Kano State through a waybill.
They subsequently led police operatives to the forest, where the victim’s remains were recovered. His family was contacted, and arrangements were made to release the remains for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
The Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adewole Adepoju, has directed that investigations be intensified to identify possible accomplices and ensure that everyone involved is brought to justice.
The command reiterated its commitment to tackling cultism, murder and other violent crimes in Rivers State.
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