Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have apprehended suspects linked to various crimes, including the murder of Alhaji Saleh Umar, the Ardo of Kamuru in Dutsen Bako community, Ikulu Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
The suspects abducted and killed Alhaji Umar after collecting N2 million ransom.
Maj. Samson Zhakom, the OPSH Media Officer, announced these arrests during a news conference in Jos.
He disclosed that the troops also arrested individuals suspected of killing retired Master Warrant Officer of the Nigerian Air Force, Hamza Musa, as well as the killers of some residents of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State.
Additionally, OPSH, in collaboration with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), apprehended suspected vandals of rail tracks. Zhakom highlighted the success of joint sting operations with the DSS in raiding the hideouts of these vandals and economic saboteurs in Plateau State.
He stated, “We have arrested the prime suspects in the gruesome murder of Alhaji Umar, the Ardo of Kamuru, Dutsen Bako village, Ikulu Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
They abducted and killed the community leader after collecting a ransom of N2 million.”
Zhakom added, “We have also arrested three persons who conspired and killed their father and uncle, Hamza Musa, a discharged Nigerian Air Force Master Warrant Officer.
We also apprehended the suspected shooter of one Istifanus Musa, 55, at Bokkos in Plateau, during which one person sadly lost his life and another was injured.”
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