Operatives of the Department of State Services have arrested three more suspects allegedly linked to the kidnapping of Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor, Dean of Agriculture at Nasarawa State University.
The suspects were arrested on Friday night at a local brothel along the Mararraban Akunza axis of the Lafia-Makurdi highway, according to a security source.
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.
The professor was rescued by DSS operatives two days after his abduction. Two suspects, including a woman, were also arrested during the operation.
The latest arrests bring the number of suspects apprehended in connection with the abduction to five.
The security source identified the newly arrested suspects as 25-year-old Yakubu Abubakar, also known as Black/Starboy, from the Doemak tribe in Plateau State; 37-year-old Usman Abubakar Mairiga; and 27-year-old Sale Babauro Abubakar.
According to the source, Mairiga is Hausa, while Sale Babauro Abubakar is Fulani.
The three suspects are currently in the custody of the DSS State Command for further investigation.
The source said their continued detention followed a valid detention warrant obtained from a magistrate’s court as investigations into the kidnapping continue.
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