Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have taken into custody Shafi’u Usman, who is alleged to have masterminded the December 14, 2015 assault on the Evangelical Church of West Africa (ECWA) in Aiyetoro, Kogi State, during which more than 20 worshippers were abducted. Security sources revealed that Usman was apprehended at a hideout in Gombe State, where he had reportedly been in hiding. During questioning, he allegedly admitted to orchestrating the Ayetoro church attack along with several other kidnapping operations across Niger, Kwara and Kogi states. According to…
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