8 Arrested for Brutal Attack on NDU Student
Last update: July 18, 2026
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Eight young men in a Yenagoa hotel, one 300-level student beaten to a pulp. What really happened over a N70,000 debt?
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested eight suspected cultists for allegedly assaulting a 300-level student of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma.
cbinews.tv reports that the victim was identified as Prince Hansen.
Police say the incident happened at about 10 p.m. on 14th July, 2026, at a hotel along Mike Okokpo Street in Yenagoa.
It all started after the Command received a distress call from a public-spirited individual who reported that a group of young men suspected to be cultists had ganged up and attacked the student within the hotel premises, leaving him with grievous bodily harm.
The alleged reason? An unpaid debt of N70,000.
Confirming the arrest in a statement on Saturday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Mohammed, said operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit swiftly swung into action following the call.
He said: “Following a distress call by a public-spirited individual along Mike Okokpo Street, Yenagoa, that a group of eight young men suspected to be cultists lodged in a hotel ganged up and beat one Prince Hansen, a 300-level student of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, within the hotel premises, causing him grievous bodily harm over an allegation that the victim was owing N70,000, operatives attached to the Violent Crime Response Unit swung into action.”
The suspects have been identified as Desmond Linus, 20; Richman Serbokuro, 21; Plain Lion, 19; Richman Joel, 20; Solomon Damian, 23; Destiny Serbokuro, 24; Isaac Goodnews, 22; and Theresa Francis, 22.
According to the police, six of the eight suspects are students of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma.
Mohammed added that a search conducted on the suspects led to the recovery of exhibits including a substance suspected to be Indian hemp, Swinol and charms.
Investigations are ongoing.
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