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Police Arrest 4 Suspected Killers Of Catholic Priest

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The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday said it had arrested four suspected kidnappers and killers of late Rev. Fr. John Adeyi, Parish Priest of St. Benard’s Parish Okpoga of the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo in Benue.

The suspects are: Suleiman Goma, 30, leader, Saidu Abdullahi, 28, deputy leader, Aliyu Garba, 26 and Haruna Idi, 27.

The Force Spokesman, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Don Awunah, who addressed newsmen, said the suspects were arrested between Sept. 1 and 14 in Bauchi, Enugu and Benue states respectively.He said that the suspects who confessed to the crime said that they collected a ransom of N1.7 million from the family before killing him.

Awunah said that in the course of investigation, the deputy leader, Abdullahi told the police he fired the shot that killed Adeyi.

“The suspect led the police to a bush in Orokam area of Benue were three guns used for the operation were buried,“he said.

He said that items recovered from the hoodlums included three locally fabricated guns, a Nokia Lumia cell phone belonging to the late Adeyi and a black gicent cell phone model M9.

The spokesman said the arrest followed the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris directive to conduct a thorough investigation into the matter.

He said that all the suspects would soon be arraigned in court for prosecution.

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Catholic Priest Faces Fresh Charge Over 10-Year-Old Girl’s Rape

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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command, yesterday, said it had concluded plans to dock a Catholic priest, Reverend Father Anthony Ochigbo, before an Abuja High Court over allegation that he raped a 10-year-old girl.

 

The Officer-in-Charge of Legal Matters at the Command, Mr. James Idachaba, made the disclosure after he applied and withdrew an initial one-count rape charge Police entered against the priest before an Abuja Upper Area Court at Gudu.

 

The Upper Area court judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, had on Monday, remanded Rev. Ochigbo in prison custody, even as he adjourned ruling on the defendant’s application for bail.

 

However, at the resumed sitting, the prosecuting counsel, Chief Superintendent of Police, Mr. Idachaba, persuaded the Upper Area Court judge to hands off the matter for a higher court to take over the trial.

Idachaba, who anchored his application on Section 106 of Administration of Criminal Justice Act, ACJA, 2015, stressed that the Upper Area Court was bereft of the requisite jurisdiction to handle the case.

 

The prosecution told the court that it was the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), that okayed the transfer of the matter to a higher court.

 

Despite objection by the defence counsel, Mr. Godwin Chukwukere, the court acceded to the withdrawal request.

 

The judge said he had no option than to strike out the initial First Information Report before him and discharge the defendant.

 

Nevertheless, the priest is still in police detention awaiting his arraignment before the high court.