- DSS Arrests Three More Suspects Over Nasarawa University Dean’s Kidnap
- The latest arrests bring suspects in custody to five.
- Investigators are probing the suspects’ alleged involvement in the kidnapping.
Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested three more suspects in connection with the abduction of the Dean of Agriculture at Nasarawa State University, Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor.
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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the latest arrests bring to five the number of suspects reportedly taken into custody over the kidnapping of the university lecturer.
Okunsebor was abducted by gunmen in the early hours of July 15, 2026, at Mile Uku, a community between Lafia and Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State.
He was rescued by DSS operatives two days later during an operation that led to the arrest of two suspects, including a woman.
A security source said the three additional suspects were arrested on Friday night at a local brothel around Mararraban Akunza along the Lafia Makurdi highway.
The suspects were identified as 25 year old Yakubu Abubakar, also known as Black or Starboy, 37 year old Usman Abubakar Mairiga and 27 year old Sale Babauro Abubakar.
According to the source, the arrests followed intelligence gathered during investigations into the kidnapping.
The source told The Nation that the three suspects were being held at the DSS Nasarawa State Command for further investigation.
Their detention followed the procurement of a valid detention warrant from a magistrate’s court, the source said.
The DSS had earlier arrested two suspected members of the gang during the operation that led to Okunsebor’s rescue.
The latest arrests bring the total number of suspects in custody to five as investigations continue into the abduction and the activities of the suspected kidnapping gang.
