Troops Arrest Kaduna Catholic Cleric’s Killers
Troops of the special military task force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have arrested two suspected killers of Rev. Fr. Sylvester Okechukwu.
Maj. Samson Zhakom, the Media Officer of OPSH, disclosed this on Wednesday in Jos.
Okechukwu, a priest of the Catholic Diocese of Kafachan, Kaduna State, was abducted on March 4 at about 9:15 p.m.
Okechukwu, who was abducted at his residence in Tachira, Kaura Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, was later found dead on March 5.
Zhakom said that the suspects were arrested on Tuesday, following a raid troops conducted in a settlement at Warsa-Piti community of Lere LGA of the state.
“The suspects were arrested following a raid on the prime suspect’s hideout located at a Ruga settlement in Warsa-Piti community, Lere LGA of Kaduna State.
“During preliminary investigation, the prime suspect, a 33-year-old man, confessed to have been contracted by another man, living in the same house with the slain priest to kidnap him.
“Troops in a follow-up operation arrested the suspect at Agwan Sarki, Tachira in Kaura LGA.
“The suspects are in custody, undergoing further interrogation,” he said.
The media officer said that investigations were still ongoing to unravel the whereabouts of the remaining persons who participated in the heinous crime.
Troops Arrest Kaduna Catholic Cleric’s Killers is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
