Police arrest two over homicide of motorbike rider in Rivers

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two males suspected of killing a bike rider and recovered his stays from a forest in Ahoada West Local Government Area of the state.

The suspects, recognized as 24-year-old Abubakar Sani and 20-year-old Yusuf Magaji, have been arrested on October 22, 2026, at Choba motor park whereas allegedly dismantling a bike suspected to have been stolen.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Rivers State Command, ASP Agabe Blessing Kaborlo, disclosed this in an announcement on Friday, saying the arrest adopted intelligence acquired by operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit, Emohua.

The assertion stated preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects allegedly lured the sufferer, recognized as Sani Musa, a bike rider from Zago city, Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State, to a forest in Mbiama, Ahoada West, the place they reportedly stabbed him to dying.

The suspects allegedly hid his stays within the bush earlier than escaping along with his motorbike.

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

The assertion added that the suspects subsequently led operatives to the forest, the place the sufferer’s stays have been recovered.

It stated the sufferer’s household had been contacted and preparations made to launch the stays for burial in accordance with Islamic rites and customs, as requested by the household.

The command additional disclosed that the Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adewole Adepoju, had directed that the investigation be intensified to ascertain all of the circumstances surrounding the killing and establish any potential accomplices.

The command stated the investigation would additionally be sure that everybody discovered to have been concerned within the crime was delivered to justice.

The police urged residents to proceed offering well timed and credible info to safety companies, stressing that public cooperation remained necessary in figuring out felony components and stopping violent crimes.