Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested three additional suspects linked to the abduction of Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor, Dean of Agriculture at Nasarawa State University.
The university don was previously rescued by security operatives two days after he was kidnapped in the early hours of Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at Mile Uku, a border community between Lafia and Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Areas.
Two suspects, including a female accomplice, were initially taken into custody during the rescue operation.
According to security sources, DSS personnel tracked down and apprehended the three remaining gang members on Friday night at a local brothel along the Mararraban Akunza, Lafia–Makurdi highway.
The newly arrested suspects were identified as 25-year-old Yakubu Abubakar (also known as Black/Starboy), 37-year-old Usman Abubakar Mairiga, and 27-year-old Sale Babauro Abubakar.
The three suspects are currently held at the DSS State Command facility for further interrogation and profiling. Authorities confirmed that the continued detention and legal process follow a valid detention warrant obtained from a magistrate's court as investigations into the kidnapping syndicate progress.
"The move followed a valid detention warrant from a magistrate’s court." — Security Source
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