Nine persons are cooling their heels with the Nasarawa Police for the alleged killing of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State, Phillip Shekwo.
This was made known on Friday by Governor Abdullahi Sule when he hosted members of the Trade Union Congress in Lafia, the state capital.
Shekwo was kidnapped from his residence in Lafia last Saturday while his body was discovered close to his house on Sunday.
According to Gov. Sule, the suspects were arrested following a combined military operation.
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His words: “For the past four days, the combined military operations have been trailing the routes where they believe those who killed our Chairman followed. They have been combing the place.
“I am happy to inform you that the people we were suspecting, so far anyway, nine people have been arrested and are being interrogated in connection to the killing of our Chairman.”
The governor further disclosed that the combined military operations killed three persons in connection with the killing at the Loko development area of the state.
“More important than that, around 3 am this morning, the combined operations followed some of these people around Lo and they killed 3 of them, after killing them they recovered four AK47 rifles from them, we are hoping and praying that it is the same people who carried out this exercise,” he said.
He also reiterated his administration’s commitment to improving the security situation in the state.
