The Nigerian army has reported that its troops from sector 7 Operation Safe Have have arrested the murderers of Reverend Father Sylvester Okechukwu, who was killed after being kidnapped in the Aldea de Tachira, the area of ​​the local Government of Kaduna of the state of Kaduna.
Major Samson Nantip Zhakom, media information officer of Operation Safe Haven, declared in a statement that the suspects were arrested on March 25, 2025 after a raid in the hiding place of the main suspect, located in Ruga Settlement in Warsa-Piti Village, Lere Lere of the state of Kaduna.
It was reported that during preliminary investigation, the main suspect, Pate Yau, 33, confessed to having been hired by a Douglas Henry, who lived in the same house as the murdered priest, to kidnap him.
The troops, in a monitoring operation, arrested Douglas Henry in Agwan Sariki Tachira in Kaura Lga of the State. The arrested suspects are currently in custody, experiencing more interrogations.