Monday, August 10, 2026 - Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Friday night arrested three more persons suspected to be members of the kidnapping ring that abducted the dean of agriculture, Nasarawa State University, Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor.
The university don was rescued by DSS operatives two days
after some gunmen kidnapped him in the wee hours of Wednesday, July 15, 2026,
at Mile Uku, a border community between Lafia and Nasarawa-Eggon LGAs.
Two suspects, including a lady, were arrested by the DSS at
the time.
A security source disclosed that DSS operatives arrested the
three other members of the kidnapping gang on Friday night at a local brothel
on the Mararraban Akunza, Lafia – Makurdi highway
"The suspects were identified as 25-year-old Yakubu
Abubakar (aka Black/Starboy), of the Doemak tribe in Plateau State; 37-year-old
Usman Abubakar Mairiga, and 27-year-old Sale Babauro Abubakar. Mairiga and
Abubakar are Hausa and Fulani respectively, the source said.
The source also disclosed that the suspects are in the
custody of the State Command for further, investigations. The move, he added,
followed a valid detention warrant from a magistrate's court.
0 Comments