Troops of Operation Safe Haven, OPSH have arrested Lot Dauda, the suspected murderer of Mrs. Dorathy Jonathan, who was murdered while trying to resist a rape attempt in Afana, Zangon Kataf Local government area of Southern Kaduna.
Captain Oya James, spokesperson of the OPSH, in a statement on Thursday, says the suspect, Lot Dauda, was arrested through a manhunt launched by the troops based on credible intelligence obtained.
The statement reads; “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.
It says the murderer, Lot Dauda who confessed to having 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 statement explains that the murderer narrated that he approached Mrs. Dorathy while working on the 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 will be charged in court once the investigation is completed.
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