DSS Arrests Three More Suspects Over Kidnap of Nasarawa University Professor
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested three more people suspected of being members of the gang that kidnapped Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor, the Dean of Agriculture at Nasarawa State University.
The arrests were made on Friday night as part of the DSS investigation into the kidnapping.
Professor Okunsebor was kidnapped by armed men in the early hours of Wednesday, July 15, 2026, at Mile Uku, a border community between Lafia and Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Areas of Nasarawa State.
The DSS later rescued the professor two days after his abduction. During the rescue operation, two suspects, including a woman, were also arrested.
According to a security source, the latest three suspects were arrested at a local brothel along the Mararaban Akunza area of the Lafia-Makurdi highway.
The suspects were identified as 25-year-old Yakubu Abubakar, also known as Black or Starboy, from Plateau State; 37-year-old Usman Abubakar Mairiga; and 27-year-old Sale Babauro Abubakar.
The source said the suspects are currently being held by the DSS State Command while investigations continue.
Their detention was reportedly authorised by a magistrate’s court through a valid detention warrant.
