Police arrest two over murder of motorcycle rider in Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested 2 men suspected of sidesplitting a motorcycle rider and recovered his remains from a wood successful Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects, identified arsenic 24-year-old Abubakar Sani and 20-year-old Yusuf Magaji, were arrested connected October 22, 2026, astatine Choba centrifugal parkland portion allegedly dismantling a motorcycle suspected to person been stolen.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Rivers State Command, ASP Agabe Blessing Kaborlo, disclosed this successful a connection connected Friday, saying the apprehension followed quality received by operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit, Emohua.

The connection said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly lured the victim, identified arsenic Sani Musa, a motorcycle rider from Zago town, Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, to a wood successful Mbiama, Ahoada West, wherever they reportedly stabbed him to death.

The suspects allegedly concealed his remains successful the bush earlier escaping with his motorcycle.

According to the police, “During investigation, the suspects confessed to the transgression and disclosed that they planned to transport the stolen motorcycle to Kano State done a waybill.”

The connection added that the suspects subsequently led operatives to the forest, wherever the victim’s ...