Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, have reportedly arrested the sixth suspected terrorist involved in the 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo state.

The members of the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, had during the attack, killed at least 40 innocent worshipers.

No fewer than five of the suspects identified as Idris Omeiza, Al Qasim Idris, Jamiu Abdulmalik, Abdulhaleem Idris, and Momoh Otuho Abubakar were earlier arrested and are currently being prosecuted.

It was gathered that the sixth suspect had been evading arrest nearly four years, making him one of the most wanted fugitives in Nigeria.

A security source told NTA that DSS, operatives, who had for years been on the trail of the sixth suspect, identified as Sani Yusuf, arrested him in Iguosa community, along Powerline in Ovia North Local Government Area of Edo State.

According to the source, Yusuf, a high-profile commander of the ISWAP had after the Owo church attack, temporarily slipped into Kano before deciding to relocate to the sleepy community in Edo State.