DSS arrests three more suspects linked to Nasarawa varsity professor’s kidnap

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By Soni Daniel

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Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) on Friday night arrested three more persons suspected to be members of the group linked to the abduction of the Dean of Agriculture at Nasarawa State University, Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor.

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The university don was rescued by DSS operatives two days after he was abducted by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at Mile Uku, a border community between Lafia and Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Areas.

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Two suspects, including a woman, were arrested by the DSS at the time.

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A security source disclosed that the three other suspects were arrested on Friday night at a local brothel along the Mararaban Akunza-Lafia-Makurdi highway.

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According to the source, the suspects were identified as 25-year-old Yakubu Abubakar, also known as Black/Starboy, from the Doemak community in Plateau State; 37-year-old Usman Abubakar Mairiga; and 27-year-old Sale Babauro Abubakar.

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The source said Mairiga and Sale Babauro Abubakar are of Hausa and Fulani backgrounds respectively.

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The source further disclosed that the suspects were being held at the State Command for further investigation, following a valid detention warrant obtained from a magistrate’s court.

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