{
  "id": 326894,
  "title": "Just In: DSS Arrests Three More Suspects Over Kidnap of Nasarawa Varsity Professor",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/just-in-dss-arrests-three-more-suspects-over-kidnap-of-nasarawa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-08T12:55:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/08/08/just-in-dss-arrests-three-more-suspects-over-kidnap-of-nasarawa-varsity-professor/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Department of State Services (DSS) has apprehended three additional suspects connected to the abduction of Nasarawa State University's Dean of Agriculture, Professor Samuel Avengbe Okunsebor. The suspects were apprehended on Friday night near the Mararraban Akunza axis of the Lafia-Makurdi highway. A security source revealed that these three were part of the group responsible for the professor's kidnapping. The professor was taken by armed men early Wednesday, July 15, 2026, in Mile Uku, a border town between Lafia and Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Areas in Nasarawa State. He was later released by DSS officers two days later. Among the previously arrested suspects, two were women. The latest suspects identified are 25-year-old Yakubu Abubakar, also known as Black or Starboy and a member of the Doemak tribe from Plateau State; 37-year-old Usman Abubakar Mairiga, a Hausa man; and 27-year-old Sale Babauro Abubakar, a Fulani. All three are currently in custody at DSS State Command awaiting further investigation. A warrant from a magistrate’s court facilitated their continued detention. This brings the total number of suspects apprehended in connection with the kidnapping of Professor Okunsebor to five. Ongoing investigations are being conducted into the incident.",
  "summary": "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.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": "https://urgent.news/ill/326894.png",
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "DSS arrests three more suspects linked to Nasarawa varsity don’s kidnap",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/dss-arrests-three-more-suspects-linked-to-nasarawa-varsity-dons-kidnap",
        "published": "2026-08-08T10:35:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}