The suspects. Photo: Bayelsa Police Command
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested eight suspected cultists over the alleged assault of a 300-level student of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, identified as Prince Hansen.
The suspects were arrested by operatives of the command’s Violent Crime Response Unit following a distress call that a group of young men allegedly attacked the student at a hotel along Mike Okokpo Street in Yenagoa.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday.
He said the incident occurred at about 10 p.m. on July 14, 2026.
