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 Local Government Areas. Two of the suspects that included 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 source said; “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.
It was also gathered that Mairiga and Abubakar are Hausa and Fulani respectively.
The source also disclosed that following a valid detention warrant obtained by the Secret Service from a Magistrate court, the suspects are presently in the custody of the DSS State Command for further investigations.
