Police arrest kidnappers’ kingpin linked to attack on Kaduna Catholic church

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Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command on Saturday apprehended a suspected notorious kidnappers’ gang leader, Saidu Yakubu, also known as 'Ismail'. The gang was said to be behind the September 7, 2023 attack at St.

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command on Saturday apprehended a suspected notorious kidnappers’ gang leader, Saidu Yakubu, also known as 'Ismail'. The gang was said to be behind the September 7, 2023 attack at St. Raphael Catholic Church, Fadan Kamanta, Kafanchan Diocese, in Jema’ah Local Government Area of Kaduna State, razing the parish house together with a seminarian, Na’aman Danladi, to death.

“On September 7, 2023, at approximately 2030hrs, the Officer in Charge of Fadan Kamanta, Zonkwa, alerted authorities of a distressing situation at St. Raphael Catholic Church, Kamantan, where suspected kidnappers had launched an attack. The statement said the suspects had already set ablaze the priest’s residence before the arrival of the security personnel.

 

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