By Linus Oota, Lafia
KILLERS of the elder brother of the former Governor of Benue State, Senator Gabriel Suswam, Late Dr Terkula Suswam, has been arrested in Nasarawa State by the State police command.
Late Dr Terkula Suswam was murdered on March 2nd 2021 at Ayin village, Logo Local Government Area of Benue State by unknown gunmen.
The State Commissioner of Police, Bola Longe, who paraded six suspected hired assassins/armed robbers, including Mr Saalumun Waako, popularly known as Osama, who was among those who murdered the late Dr Terkula Suswam in his village in Logo LGA of Benue State.
He said Mr Waako was arrested along Keffi-Abuja road on the 2nd July 2021 alongside Paul Aba, Frederick James, Tersoo Zugu, Kenneth Samuel and Simon Achano while trying to assassinate some people around Uke, Nyanya Gwandara areas along Keffi road.
CP Longe said preliminary investigation revealed that Mr Saalumun Waako is a member of the criminal gang responsible for the gruesome killing of Late Dr Terkula Suswam, an elder brother to the Senator representing Benue Northwest, Gabriel Suswam.
He is on the wanted list of the Benue Police Command for offences ranging from kidnapping, homicide to armed robbery and has been handed over to command.
The command equally paraded some 65 suspected criminals over offenses ranging from vandalism, cultism, armed robbery, kidnapping and other sundry offences while axes, cutlasses, daggers and criminal charms, gas cylinders/machines, laptops, motorcycles, vehicles, GEM handsets , firearms and live ammunition were recovered from them as exhibits.
The CP warned all criminal elements in the state to desist from all forms of crimes or face full heat from the force.
