Just In: DSS Arrests Three More Suspects Over Kidnap of Nasarawa Varsity Professor

Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested three more suspects 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 along the Mararraban Akunza axis of the Lafia–Makurdi highway.

A security source disclosed that the three suspects were members of the kidnapping gang responsible for the abduction of the university don.

Professor Okunsebor was kidnapped 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 of Nasarawa State.

He was rescued two days later by DSS operatives. Two suspects, including a woman, were also arrested in connection with the incident at the time.

According to a security source, the newly arrested suspects were identified as 25-year-old Yakubu Abubakar, also known as Black or Starboy, a member of the Doemak tribe in Plateau State; 37-year-old Usman Abubakar Mairiga; and 27-year-old Sale Babauro Abubakar.

The source said Mairiga is Hausa, while Sale Babauro Abubakar is Fulani.

The three suspects are currently being held at the DSS State Command for further investigation.

The source added that their continued detention followed a warrant obtained from a magistrate’s court.

The latest arrests bring to five the number of suspects reportedly apprehended in connection with the kidnapping of Professor Okunsebor. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.