Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested three more persons linked to the kidnapping of the Dean of Agriculture at Nasarawa State University, Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor.
The suspects were arrested on Friday night at a local brothel around Mararraban Akunza, along the Lafia-Makurdi highway, according to a security source involved in the investigation.
The development follows the rescue of Okunsebor 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.
Two suspects, including a woman, were arrested at the time of the rescue.The three newly arrested suspects were identified as 25-year-old Yakubu Abubakar (also known as Black/Starboy) of the Doemak tribe in Plateau State; 37-year-old Usman Abubakar Mairiga (Hausa); and 27-year-old Sale Babauro Abubakar (Fulani).
A security source said the three are currently in the custody of the state command for further investigation, following a valid detention warrant obtained from a magistrate’s court.
The latest arrests bring the total number of persons apprehended in connection with the incident to five.
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