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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of Operation Safe Haven, OPSH, have arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of Alhaji Saleh Umar, the Ardo of Kamuru, Dutsen Bako community in Ikulu Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.<\/p>\n

The gunmen abducted and killed Alhaji Umar after collecting N2 million ransom.<\/p>\n

OPSH\u2019s Media Officer, Maj. Samson Zhakom, at a news conference on Saturday in Jos, said that the troops also arrested suspected killers of retired Master Warrant Officer of the Nigerian Air Force, Hamza Musa.<\/p>\n

Zhakom further stated that troops of OPSH also arrested the killers of some residents of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State.<\/p>\n

They also arrested suspected vandals of rail tracks in conjunction with operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have arrested the prime suspects in the gruesome murder of Alhaji Umar, the Ardo of Kamuru, Dutsen Bako village, Ikulu Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey abducted and killed the community leader after collecting a ransom of N2 million.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have also arrested three persons who conspired and killed their father and uncle, Hamza Musa, a discharged Nigerian Air Force Master Warrant Officer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also apprehended the suspected shooter of one Istifanus Musa, 55, at Bokkos in Plateau, during which one person sadly lost his life and another was injured.<\/p>\n

\u201cSimilarly, we conducted joint sting operations with the DSS to the hideout of rail vandals and economic saboteurs in Plateau and made significant breakthroughs,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Troops of Operation Safe Haven, OPSH, have arrested some suspects in connection with the murder of Alhaji Saleh Umar, the Ardo of Kamuru, Dutsen Bako community in Ikulu Chiefdom of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The gunmen abducted and killed Alhaji Umar after collecting N2 million ransom. 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