Rivers cultists hack motorcyclist to death

The Public Relations Officer, Rivers State Police Command, Blessing Agabe.

The Rivers State Police Command has recovered the decomposing remains of a motorcycle rider, Sani Musa, who was allegedly murdered by two suspected cultists in a forest in Mbiama Town, Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state.

The police said the suspects, Abubakar Sani, 24, and Yusuf Magaji, 20, were arrested after they were allegedly sighted dismantling the victim’s motorcycle at Choba Motor Park in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.

According to the spokesperson for the command, Blessing Agabe, the suspects allegedly lured Musa, a motorcycle rider from Zago Town, Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, into a forest in Mbiama Town, where they stabbed him to death.

Agabe, in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Friday, said the suspects subsequently concealed his remains in the bush and fled with his motorcycle.

She added that the suspects confessed to the crime during interrogation and disclosed that they planned to transport the stolen motorcycle to Kano State through a waybill.

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The statement partly read, “The Rivers State Police Command has recorded a significant operational breakthrough in its ongoing efforts to rid the State of criminal elements, with the arrest of two suspected cultists allegedly involved in the gruesome murder of a motorcycle rider and the subsequent recovery of the victim’s remains in a forest in Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State.”

“On October 22, 2026, at about 1300 hours, following credible intelligence, operatives of the Command attached to the Violent Crime Response Unit, Emohua, received information about some suspected cultists sighted at Choba Motor Park, allegedly dismantling a motorcycle suspected to have been stolen.”

“Acting promptly, the operatives moved to the scene and arrested two suspects identified as one Abubakar Sani, male, aged 24 and one Yusuf Magaji, male, aged 20, both natives of Kano State.”

The police said the suspects later led operatives to the forest, where the victim’s remains were recovered.

Saturday PUNCH gathered that Musa’s family had been contacted and arrangements made to release his remains for burial in accordance with Islamic rites and customs.