Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested three more persons linked to the kidnapping of the Dean of Agriculture at Nasarawa State University, Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor.
The three 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 investigation into the matter .
The development comes after DSS operatives rescued Okunsebor 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 also arrested by the DSS at the time of the rescue.
Giving details of the latest arrests, the security source said the three 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.
He said, “The
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