Katsina teacher remanded for killing three policemen

A Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Tuesday ordered that a teacher, Mernyi Christopher, who allegedly killed three policemen, be remanded in a correctional centre.

The police charged Christopher, a resident of Katsina-Ala in Benue State, with criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, terrorism and culpable homicide.

Magistrate Ajuma Igama asked the police to return the case file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and adjourned the case until February 25.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Sgt. Ato Godwin told the court that Christopher was arrested by a team of “Operation Zenda” led by Sgt. Tivsue Godwin following a manhunt for a notorious syndicate terrorising Katsina-Ala town.

The syndicate, he alleged, on December 24, 2020, invaded the residence of the Chairman Katsina-Ala L.G.A Benue, Alfred Avalumun and gruesomely murdered three policemen on guard and carted away their AK 47 rifles.

During the police investigation, he said, the suspect confessed to committing the offence, alongside one Aondofa Chekele and some others now at large.

The prosecution said the investigation into the matter was still in progress and prayed the court for an adjournment.