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Suspected killers of 18-year-old Catholic Seminarian arrested in Kaduna

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The Nigeria Police has arrested a deadly criminal gang responsible
for the kidnap and murder of a Catholic Seminarian, Nnadi Michael of the
Catholic Good Shepherd Major Seminary at Gonin Gora, Kakau in Chikun
LGA of Kaduna State.

It was earlier reported that on January 9, 2020, the criminal gang
stormed the Catholic Seminary and kidnapped four (4) seminarians, murdered one of them in cold blood.

They released the remaining three on 31st January, 2020, having
obtained a ransom but the remains of the fourth Seminarian was found in a
bush.

However, a statement released on Sunday identified the suspects as
Tukur Usman ‘m’ aged 37,father of 7, Shehu Bello ‘m’ aged 40, father of 5
and Mustapha Mohammed ‘m’ aged 30, father of 1, all of Igabi LGA of
Kaduna State.

The police stated that the culprits were arrested after several
months of intensive and extensive intelligence-led operations by crack
detectives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT).

“Discreet investigations so far reveal that the arrested suspects are
part of a 19-man gang that also carried out the kidnap of Dr Phillip
Ataga’s wife and two daughters on January 24, 2020, at Juji community in
Chikun LGA of Kaduna State.

“Mrs Ataga was killed by the gang following her heroic resistance to
the despicable and inhuman attempt by the leader of the gang to rape
her. The suspects after killing her released the daughters and corpse of
the slain woman to the family after collecting ransom.

“Further investigations reveal that the same criminal gang is
responsible for the kidnap of six students and two teachers of Engravers
College, Chikun LGA, Kaduna, from their school premises on October 3,
2019.

“The suspects, known to belong to a hybrid terrorist criminal network
causing untold havoc in North-Central, Nigeria, have confessed to
several other random operations along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway where they
kidnapped, killed and robbed motorists, collecting ransom and valuables
running into millions of Naira.

Confirming the development, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A
Adamu, reiterated that the force will remain unrelenting in ensuring
that crimes across the country are reduced to the barest minimum.

Adamu, therefore, assured Nigerians that the force will not rest until the other members of the gang are arrested.

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