Four years after, DSS nabs ISWAP commander involved in Owo church massacre

Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, person arrested a sixth fishy linked to the 2022 onslaught connected St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, wherever much than 40 worshippers were killed and respective others injured.

The suspect, identified arsenic Sani Yusuf, was reportedly apprehended successful Iguosa community, Ovia North East section authorities country of Edo State, astir 4 years aft the incident.

Security sources said Yusuf, described arsenic a elder commandant of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, had been connected the agency’s watchlist since the onslaught successful Owo, Ondo State.

It was gathered that Yusuf was tracked and arrested softly successful the country wherever helium had allegedly been hiding nether a mendacious identity.

Investigators disclosed that the fishy allegedly fled to Kano State soon aft the religion onslaught earlier relocating to a distant assemblage successful Edo.

A information authoritative said Yusuf had confessed to taking portion successful the readying and execution of the massacre, stating that “he admitted his relation successful the Owo religion attack” and different operations, including a checkpoint battle that reportedly killed 5 soldiers and respective kidnapping missions.

Further findings by quality officers linked the fishy to different convulsive incidents, including the July 2022 onslaught connected a subject installation successful Suleja and aggregate kidnappings successful parts of Kaduna State.

Authorities described the apprehension arsenic a large st...