Gana: Brother of late militia leader arrested, over N300m ransom money traced to his account

Terkula Akwaza, elder brother of Terwase Akwaza, popularly known as Gana, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team.

It will be recalled that Gana was shot dead by soldiers while heading to the Benue State Government House in Makurdi after he was offered amnesty by the government.

He was accused of kidnapping, armed robbery and terrorism.

Terkula was arrested for assisting his brother to save money collected as ransom and also for investing it in property, even knowing it was proceeds of crime.

An audit of Terkula’s account revealed that Gana deposited over N300 million into the account within three years.

Aside from 47-year-old Terkula, three other gang members of Gana were arrested.

The suspects are Saatee Undi, Terhile Tsabee and Henry Terkula.

The operation, which led to the arrest of the four suspects, was headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari.

The Police disclosed that Gana and his gang, sometimes in 2018, kidnapped a Medical Doctor, his friend and the friend’s son and they killed all three even after collecting a ransom of N7.5 million for their release.

Terkula, however, shocked IRT Operatives when he told them he was not sad over the death of his brother.

His words: “I’m happy now that my brother has been killed.

“We will have peace in our family.

“I will stop running up and down now because my brother was hunting me.

“Security agents, who were looking for my brother, were also hunting my family members and I.

“Government can take my entire brother’s property.

“He got them through crime.