Troops of Sector 7 of the Special Task Force code name Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) have arrested the killers of a Reverend Father, Sylvester Okechukwu, murdered after he was kidnapped in Tachira village in Kaura local government area (LGA) of Kaduna State.
According to a statement issued in Jos by OPSH Media Officer Major Samson Zhakom, the suspects were arrested yesterday following a raid on the prime suspect’s hideout located at Ruga settlement in Warsa-Piti village in Lere LGA of Kaduna State.
He maintained that during the preliminary investigation, the prime suspect, Pate Yau, 33-year-old, confessed to having been contracted by one Douglas Henry, living in the same house with the slain priest, to kidnap him.
The statement further said that troops in a follow-up operation arrested Douglas Henry at Agwan Sariki Tachira in Kaura LGA of the state, adding that the arrested suspects are in custody and undergoing further interrogation.
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