The suspected kidnappers in connection with the killing of the
traditional ruler of the Odu community in the Udege Local Council
Development Area of Nasarawa State has been arrested by the
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
The monarch, Amos Obere, was killed by suspected gunmen during a
recent attack on the community.
The Commandant of the NSCDC in the state, Dr Muhammad Fari, who
paraded the suspects on Wednesday in Lafia, noted that the suspects
were apprehended in Loko town in the Nasarawa Local Government Area
of the state as a result of intelligence gathered about their
activities.
Fari further stated that three other suspected armed robbers
paraded alongside the alleged killers were arrested for terrorising
the state, he added that the suspects would be charged to court
after investigation.
The NSCDC boss said four suspected kidnappers were arrested on
Tuesday, while two others were picked up on Wednesday.
Fari stated, “We arrested six suspected kidnappers, who have
been terrorising not only the local government area but the entire
Nasarawa State.”
To our greatest surprise, the suspects confessed that they
had killed a countless number of innocent persons in the
state, including the father of a lecturer in the Department of
Accounting, Nasarawa State University, Keffi.”
The NSCDC commandant noted that the suspects killed the
lecturer’s father, abducted his mother and sister, and demanded
N600m as ransom.
He revealed that the suspects also confessed to have murdered
the traditional ruler of Odu
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One of the suspects identified as Tenimu Okaku, 35, while
speaking confessed to having committed the crime, attributing it to
the work of the devil.
“So far, I have killed several innocent persons in the
state. I also killed some people in Husini in the Udege development
area of the state, because one of my brothers was killed by some
persons in the area,” Okaku stated.
The lecturer, whose father was killed by the suspects, said the
incident happened on December 17, 2018.
He said, “I was in Keffi when I received the shocking news
that my father had been murdered by gunmen.”
“The gunmen invaded my father’s residence at Udege and
killed him because he came outside to rescue my mother; after the
payment of N600,000, they went ahead and kidnapped my mother and
sister, and demanded N600m as ransom.”
Another suspect, Muhammed Musa, confessed to killing the
lecturer’s father and pleaded for mercy with a promise that he
would never be involved in kidnapping again.
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