Military Kills 3, Arrests 9 Over Murder Of APC Chairman

Three suspects have been killed, while 9 arrested over Murder in Nasarawa.

News Rain Nigeria reports that Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Sule has on Saturday 28 November 2020, confirmed the killing of three suspects, and arrest of nine others over the gruesome murder of the State All Progressive Congress (APC), Chairman.

The State Governor, who further disclosed that the three armed bandits were killed during a shootout with the Nigeria Army, maintained that Four AK-47 rifles were recovered from the arrested nine suspected.

Military Kills 3, Arrests 9 Over Murder Of APC Chairman

Governor Sule stressed that the state government is committed to the safety of lives and properties of the entire citizens and residents of the State.

He noted also that the state still remains safe, in spite of some security challenges, which led to the kidnap and murder of the state APC chairman.

He said, security had been heightened across the state, since the murder of the late Chief Philip Tatari Shekwo, as the combined military operation is ongoing to further rid the state of criminal elements that are hell-bent on terrorizing the State.

Governor Sule maintained that the issue of security in the state is not as bad as it’s being projected, stressed that though it was terrible for the state chairman of the ruling party to be murdered.

He said, the arrest of the 9 suspects was possible following an intense pursuit of the kidnappers of the sibling of a principal member of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, noted that a combined security operative forced the kidnappers to abandon their victim, who has regained his freedom unhurt from the captives den.

News Rain Nigeria recalls that the State All Progressive Congress (APC) Chairman was kidnapped in the early hours of Friday, and was murdered on Sunday less than a kilometer away from his residence.