DSS arrests 6 suspects over murder of Kaduna monarch

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested six suspects in connection to the abduction and murder of the traditional ruler of Adara Chiefdom in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Chief Maiwada Galadima.

During a media parade of the six suspects in Kaduna on Wednesday, November 7, 2018, the Kaduna DSS Director, Mahmud Ningi, disclosed that the suspects were tracked and arrested at different locations in Igabi, Soba, Kachia in Kaduna, and Jos in Plateau State.

Suspects paraded by DSS ece-auto-gen

Ningi disclosed that the gang is a 20-man gang and promised to chase down other suspects still on the run. He revealed that the mastermind of the operation is 36-year-old Adamu Sani who was arrested in Igabi on October 31.

The other suspects are identified as Adamu Saidu, Adamu Isya, Yusuf Bello, Dahiru Muhammad Bello and Mohammed Aminu. Ningi disclosed that the DSS would later hand over the suspects to the Plateau State Police Command for further investigations.

Four people, including a police officer, were killed when Galadima, his wife and driver were abducted at Maikyali village, along Kaduna-Kachia road, in Kachia LGA on October 19.

Even though his wife and driver were later released, the monarch was killed by his abductors on October 26. The DSS disclosed on Wednesday that the gang had asked for a N100 million ransom, but got N6,850,000 from the monarch's family before he was killed.

The gang dumped his body by the roadside at Kateri village, on Kaduna-Abuja highway.

When President Muhammadu Buharipaid a condolence visit to the state, he praised Galadima for serving his community and Kaduna State with dedication until his death.