Operatives of the Delta State Police Command attached to Agbor Division have arrested a key suspect in connection with the abduction and murder of a commercial motorcyclist in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area. The suspect is currently in custody.
The police also recovered the decomposed body of the deceased, which has been deposited at the Central Hospital Mortuary, Agbor, for autopsy.
Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, confirmed the report in a statement.
The police spokesman said: \u201cOperatives of the command attached to Agbor Division have arrested a key suspect involved in the abduction and murder of a commercial motorcyclist in Agbor, Ika South LGA.\u201d
According to him, \u201cOn October 7, 2025, a report of a missing person was received at the Agbor Division, indicating that a man identified as Friday Orumgbe, male, 53, of Idumu Oza, Agbor, Ika South LGA, who left home on October 6, 2025 with his Lifan motorcycle, failed to return.
\u201cActing on the report, the DPO Agbor Division, CSP Michael Obekpa, immediately ordered a discreet investigation into the disappearance.
\u201cFollowing sustained intelligence-led efforts, on October 16, 2025, police operatives arrested one Musa Buhari, male, 25, of Alihagu Village, Agbor, and recovered the victim\u2019s phone, a Tecno T101 handset, from him.\u201d
SP Edafe explained, \u201cUpon interrogation, the suspect confessed that he and one Manu Usman (now at large) had boarded the victim\u2019s motorcycle under the pretence of being passengers, but lured him into a bush along Power Line near Oki, Agbor, where they attacked him with a hoe, rendering him unconscious before stealing his motorcycle and phone.
\u201cActing on the confession, on October 17, 2025, at about 8:05 am, the DPO Agbor Division led operatives and the suspect to the crime scene where the decomposed corpse of the victim was recovered.\u201d
SP Edafe also said, \u201cThe remains were identified by family members and deposited at the Central Hospital Mortuary, Agbor, for autopsy.\u201d
He noted, \u201cThe suspect is in custody and the investigation is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command attached to Agbor Division have arrested a key suspect in connection with the abduction and murder of a commercial motorcyclist in Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area. The suspect is currently in custody. The police also recovered the decomposed body of the deceased, which has been deposited at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n