A key suspect in the abduction and murder of Reverend Father Sylvester Okechukwu has confessed to masterminding the crime, citing financial desperation as his motive. The suspect, currently in custody at the headquarters of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Jos, revealed that he needed N200,000 to solve a personal problem.
According to the suspect, he invited criminals from outside the community to carry out the abduction but denied instructing them to kill the priest. “Fr. Okechukwu was living in our house at Tachira. I masterminded his kidnap because I needed money. I invited some guys from other places to assist me, but I didn’t ask them to kill him. I don’t know why they did,” he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).