ACI Africa, Oct 5, 2023 / 10:45 am
Security officials in Nigeria’s Plateau State have reportedly arrested eight suspects in connection with a fire at a parish rectory in Nigeria’s Kafanchan Diocese that resulted in the death of a seminarian.
Seminarian Na’aman Danlami died after Fulani bandits reportedly attacked St. Raphael Parish Fadan Kamantan on the night of Sept. 7 and set the rectory ablaze in what was confirmed as a kidnapping attempt.
In a Sept. 29 press conference, the leadership of the Special Military Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) told journalists that eight suspects linked to the tragic incident had been arrested. Captain James Oya said a suspect in the Sept. 1 murder of a woman from Afana Village in Zango Kataf was arrested along with “the suspects involved in the attack and burning of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church Fadan Kamatan on Sept. 7.”
“The swift response of our troops rescued Fathers Emmanuel Okolo and Noah Monday, the parish priest and his assistant,” Oya added.