The Troops of the special Taskforce deployed to maintain peace in Plateau, parts of Bauchi and Southern Kaduna, Operation Safe Haven say they have captured the killer of one Dorathy Jonathan, murdered in Southern Kaduna.
Dorathy was killed on Friday 1st September 2023 in cold blood while fetching firewood at Afana village in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
According to a statement, the alleged murderer, Lot Dauda, who confessed to having committed the crime alongside an accomplice, now at large, was arrested through a manhunt launched by troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN who acted immediately based on credible intelligence.
Dauda said he approached the deceased, Dorathy, while working on a farmland and wanted to get intimate forcefully with her Sheput up a struggle which led to her gruesome murder.
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The Special Taskforce says efforts are ongoing to arrest the other accomplice, while the arrested suspect would be charged to court once an investigation is completed.
Editor Oloyede Oworu
