Crime and Law
Troops arrest suspected killers of Catholic priest

Troops of Sector 7 of the Special Task Force, Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) have arrested the killers of Reverend Father Sylvester Okechukwu, who was murdered after being kidnapped in Tachira village, Kaura Local Government Area (LGA), Kaduna State.
According to a statement released in Jos by OPSH Media Officer, Major Samson Zhakom, the suspects were apprehended during a raid on the prime suspect’s hideout at a Ruga settlement in Warsa-Piti village, Lere LGA, 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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