The troops of Operation Safe Haven have captured the murderer of Dorathy Jonathan in cold blood while fetching firewood at Afana village in Zango Kataf Local Government Area, Southern Kaduna.
Chronicle NG reports that the Nigerian Army made an official X (Twitter) post on the manhunt’s success.
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 September 10, 2023, troops of OPSH have captured the murderer of one Mrs. Dorathy Jonathan in the Southern Kaduna area of Kaduna State, who was murdered on Friday, September 1, 2023, in cold blood while fetching firewood at Afana village in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of the State.
Armed forces of Operation Safe Haven launched a manhunt for the murderer, Lot Dauda, after he confessed to having carried out the crime with a now-wanted accomplice (name withheld).
The murderer narrated that he approached Mrs. Dorathy while working on a farm 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.
