Police rescue Nasarawa varsity lecturer, apprehend student, recover weapons
Police rescue Nasarawa varsity lecturer, apprehend student, recover weapons
The Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued a kidnapped lecturer with the state university in Keffi, Isaac Igbawua.
Igbawua, a lecturer with the Department of Microbiology, was kidnapped by gunmen from his residence along Old Barracks, Kokona Local Government Area on December 27, 2023.
A day after his abduction, the Nasarawa State Police Command arrested a student of the Federal University Lafia, Daniel Favour Chukwuebuka, and allegedly recovered arms and ammunition from his residence.
This was disclosed on Friday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ramhan Nansel, in a statement.
He said the lecturer was rescued by operatives in collaboration with members of a vigilance group from a forest at Ogba village, Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state on December 28.
“Reacting to the unpleasant development, the Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, ordered an intensive manhunt for the abductors.
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“The search paid off on 28/12/2023 at about 1630 hrs when information was received that some strange people wearing face masks were sighted in the forest at Ogba village, Nasarawa Eggon, and the police in collaboration with vigilante group mobilised to the scene,” the statement said.
The police spokesman said that on sighting the operatives, the hoodlums opened fire, “but were gallantly repelled; they took to flight, and the victim was rescued unhurt and reunited with his family after undergoing medical examination at Police Clinic, Lafia.
Recently, there has been a surge in the activities of kidnappers in Nasarawa State with the criminals targeting tertiary institutions in the state.
Neptune Prime reports that kidnappers abducted and released a lecturer of Nasarawa State University, Dr. Comfort Adokwe.
Dr Adokwe, a lecturer at the university’s Faculty of Administration and the school’s deputy director for gender studies, was abducted from her residence at Angwan Jaba in Keffi.
Sources revealed that the kidnappers demanded a ransom of N100,000,000 for her freedom but the family later paid an undisclosed sum to free her.