Police on Wednesday in Abuja paraded four suspects over
their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of Rev. John Alex Adeyi
in Benue State.
Rev. Adeyi was the parish priest of St. Bernards Parish,
Okpoga, Benue State.
The suspects paraded are – Suleiman Gina (gang leader),
Saidu Abdullahi, Aliyu Garba and Haruna Idi.
Items recovered from the suspects are – three locally
fabricated guns, one Nokia Lumia phone belonging to the deceased and a giant
Gicent phone model M9 used for negotiation and collection of ransom.
Force Spokesman, Don Awunah, said: “Consequent upon the
unfortunate kidnap and gruesome murder of late Rev. Fr. John Adeyi of Catholic
Diocese of Otukpo and Parish Priest of St. Bernards
Parish Okpoga on April 24,
2016 after collection of ransom by vicious and notorious kidnappers, the IGP
directed the Intelligence Response Team attached to IGP monitoring unit, Force
headquarters to conduct a thorough investigation and bring the perpetrators to
justice.
“Between the 1st and 14th September, 2016 the four suspects
were trailed and arrested at different locations in Bauchi, Enugu, and Benue
States.
“In the course of investigation, they confessed to be the
gang responsible for the Kidnap and gruesome murder of the Reverend Father and
still went ahead to collect N1.7 million ransom from his family.”
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