Two Arrested as Police Recover Missing Rider’s Remains in Rivers Forest

Two men have been arrested in Rivers State after police recovered the remains of a motorcycle rider allegedly murdered by the suspects and concealed in a forest in Ahoada West Local Government Area.

The suspects, identified as Abubakar Sani, 24, and Yusuf Magaji, 20, were arrested on October 22 at Choba Motor Park in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. Police said operatives found them allegedly dismantling a motorcycle suspected to have been stolen.

According to the Rivers State Police Command, the arrest followed intelligence received by the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), Emohua, about suspected cultists at the motor park.

A preliminary investigation reportedly linked the men to the killing of Sani Musa, a motorcycle rider from Zago Town in Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The police said the suspects allegedly lured Musa to a forest in Mbiam Town, Ahoada West, where they stabbed him and concealed his remains in the bush before taking his motorcycle.

Investigators also said the suspects planned to move the motorcycle to Kano State through a waybill, apparently to avoid attracting attention.

In a statement, the Command’s spokesperson, ASP Blessing Agabe, said the suspects allegedly confessed during questioning and led operatives to the location where the victim’s remains were recovered.

Police subsequently contacted Musa’s family and said arrangements had been made to release his remains for burial in line with Islamic rites, as requested by his relatives.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, has directed officers to intensify investigations, establish the full circumstances of the killing and identify any possible accomplices.

The command said it remained committed to tackling cultism, murder and other violent crimes across the state. It also urged residents to provide timely and credible information that could assist relevant security agencies in preventing and investigating crime.

Emiabata Deborah Oluwabusiolami

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