Police in the Northern region have arrested two students of the Tamale Technical University (TaTU) over the murder of the head pastor of Endtime Bible Believers Fellowship at his residence at Kumbuyili, near Tamale, the regional capital.

The suspects, Dojie Kwame, 28, and Akwasi Obo, 21, were picked up last Saturday on a tip-off after they had offered for sale a Toyota Highlander 4×4 vehicle they allegedly took away from the pastor’s residence after the attack.

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The spokesperson of the Northern Regional Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr Mohammed Yusif Tanko, said the suspects allegedly attacked and killed the pastor at his residence on Friday, November 10, 2017.

One of the suspect, Dojie, is said to be a co-tenant of the deceased. He and his accomplice, Obo apart from the vehicle, took away an unspecified sum of money from the pastor’s residence.

Both suspects are currently assisting the police in investigations.

Meanwhile, the body of the deceased has been deposited in the mortuary of the Tamale Teaching Hospital.