Men of the Nigerian army have on Wednesday napped the chief priest of late Terwase Gana popularly known as Gana.

Soldiers attached to the four Special Forces of the Nigeria Army, Doma in Nasarawa State said on Wednesday that they have arrested the chief priest of the late Terwase Gana and 41 members of the notorious gang.


The 4 Special Forces Commander, Major General MG Ali disclosed this in Doma, the headquarters of the command while parading the suspects before Journalists in Nasarawa state.



General Ali explained that in line with the command’s readiness to restore peace in Benue, Taraba, and Southern Plateau have carried out operations, dislodging a total of 41 members of Gana’s gang members.


According to General Ali, the sum of N1,487, 500 was recovered from the bandit. He also added that 119 members of Gana’s team have been arrested since his demise in September this year

“I am pleased to inform you that not only did the Special Forces snatched the chief priest, but I am glad to tell you that the dreaded shrine has been razed, the chief priest has been responsible for preparing charms for the gang using human parts of kidnapped persons,” General Ali stated.

He said in addition, one of the commanders in charge of the robbery gang terrorising the people of Taraba, Benue and Nasarawa, Torkuma also died under the Command’s siege while hiding in a village at Katsina-Ala.


According to him, the Special Forces dislodged Boko Haram terrorist and notorious bandits in Toto, Nasarawa adding that in one of the operation in Kaduna, the command in collaboration with other sister organizations arrested one of the dislodged Boko Haram members, Salisu Usman Dabo and neutralised Buji Bazamfare as well as key bandits terrorising motorist along Lokoja, Kotonkarfe, Abaji Abuja axis.

“In one of our operations in Okpla, Isanlu, Ilorin, Edo, Kogi and Kwarra the command succeeded in snatching Abdulhakeem Sadiq and Momoh the notorious kidnappers – kingpin terrorising Kogi area that kidnapped and killed a DSS staff.