One beheaded in suspected cult groups clash in Bayelsa

Wednesday, February 18 2026 -Suspected cultists have beheaded a 30-year-old man at Yenigwe in Igbogene community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. 

The incident occurred on Monday, February 16, 2026.

Community sources told newsmen that two rival cult groups, were engaged in simmering beef in the area.

“The boy was said to have gone to Yenegue, an area controlled by the Bobos. He was taken and tied to and abandoned road and beheaded,” a source said. 

The corpse of the deceased was found nak3d, hands tied and the head missing.

It was gathered that the assailants also severed his testicle and p3nis.

 The p3nis and testicles were also taken away.

Authorities at the State Police Command identified the man as Ebi Doudou also known as " Npotor (Nois), a native of Amassoma community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.

The police also disclosed that the deceased is a member of the a rival cult group known Greenlanders and was attacked and beheaded by suspected members of the Bobos cult group.

Already, the State Police Commissioner, CP Daniel Iyamah Edobor has ordered an immediate manhunt for the killers.

The Police commissioner has detailed the Operation Puff Adder led by CSP Chris Nwaogbo to launch an immediate investigation into the incident and bring those involved to book.

Relatives of the deceased are calling on the investigating team, the Operation Puff Adder, to urgently assist the family and the Ammossoma community to apprehend those behind the cult k!lling.

They urged the team to set aside the recent attacks and false claims against the Police outfit and the State Police Command.

According to the police, one of the key suspects is already on the wanted list of the Operation Puff Adder over the alleged discovery of two pump action guns found in his home during a tactical raid last year.

He was alleged to have always instructed another dissident zonal cult leader of the Bobos group to always disobey the peace accord and hit any rival group found in his domain.

The source claimed that Ebi Doudou was one of the first victim of the attack, as he was visiting Etegwe when he was rounded up by members of the Bobos and beheaded in a gory manner.