The Nigeria Police Force announced on Sunday, April, 26th, 2020 its officers have arrested three suspected killers of a Catholic Seminarian, Michael Nnadi.

The Police, in a statement made available via its official Twitter handle, @PoliceNG, said the gang was arrested after months of

intensive and extensive intelligence-led operations by crack detectives of the Intelligence Response Team.

KIDNAP/MURDER OF A CATHOLIC SEMINARIAN
– POLICE ARREST 3
– IGP orders massive manhunt for fleeing suspects

Police Operatives have arrested a deadly criminal gang responsible for the kidnap and murder of a Catholic Seminarian, Nnadi Michael

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) April 26, 2020

The victim was a student at the Catholic Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Gonin Gora, Kakau in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State.

He was abducted with three others when the kidnappers stormed the school on Thursday, January 9th, 2020. But while three of the other abducted students were later set free having gotten a ransom, the late Nnadiian was not and his corpse was later discovered in a bush.

The suspects: 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.

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 statement read in part.

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, while affirming that the Police Force would not relent to ensure that crimes are eradicated in Nigeria, assured that the police force was working on arresting other fleeing members of the gang.

assures the nation that the Force will not rest until the other members of the gang also responsible for the above crimes, but currently on the run, are apprehended and brought to book. pic.twitter.com/TK8b4cM8CK

— Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG) April 26, 2020

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