SAHARA REPORTERS
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have arrested a suspect for the killing of Dorathy Jonathan in Southern Kaduna, Kaduna State.
The Nigerian Army headquarters disclosed this on Thursday in a statement, saying that the murder suspect identified as Lot Dauda, was arrested following a manhunt launched by the troops who acted on credible intelligence.
Mrs Jonathan was murdered in cold blood on Friday, September 1, 2023, while she was fetching firewood at Afana village in the Zango Kataf Local Government Area of the state.
The Nigerian Army said Dauda had confessed to committing the crime alongside an accomplice (name withheld) now at large,
The army narrated that the alleged murderer said that he approached Mrs Dorathy while working on a farmland and wanted to rape her but she put up a struggle, leading to her gruesome murder.
“In line with Commander Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) Major General AE Abubakar’s resolve to bring all perpetrators of crime to justice in Southern Kaduna and environs, following the stakeholders engagement on 10 September 2023, troops of OPSH have captured the murderer of one Mrs Dorathy Jonathan in Southern Kaduna area of Kaduna State, who was murdered on Friday 1 September 2023 in cold blood while fetching firewood at Afana village in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of the State.
“The murderer, Lot Dauda who confessed to have committed the crime alongside an accomplice (name withheld) now at large, was arrested through a manhunt launched by troops of Operations SAFE HAVEN who acted immediately based on credible intelligence obtained.
“The murderer narrated that he approached Mrs Dorathy while working on a farmland and wanted to get intimate forcefully with the victim who put up a struggle leading to her gruesome murder.
“Efforts are ongoing to arrest the other accomplice, while the arrested suspect would be charged to court once the investigation is completed,” the statement read.
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