Man arrested in connection with alleged attack, murder in Yendi 

The police have arrested Danko Delabra, a suspect in connection with alleged attack and murder by armed men in the Yendi Municipality of the Northern Region.

A statement signed by Superintendent Bernard Baba Ananga, Police Public Affairs Unit of the Northern Region, said Delabra was a member of a gang of armed men, who stormed a Fulani settlement, on April 13, 2022.

It said the gang of armed men murdered eight inhabitants, injured five others, took away livestock and set the settlement ablaze.

The statement said the suspect had been arraigned at the Yendi Circuit Court and remanded to reappear before the Court on May 5, 2022.

The statement said intelligence and operation officers from the National and Regional Police Headquarters had been deployed to arrest the remaining culprits. – GNA