Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have rescued Samuel Okunsebor, a professor at Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK), who was abducted by kidnappers.
Okunsebor, the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at NSUK, was abducted on Wednesday at Mile Uku, a boundary community between Lafia and Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area (LGA).
Gunmen reportedly attacked the community at about midnight on Wednesday.
According to Zagazola Makama, DSS operatives successfully located and rescued the professor at about 3 p.m. on Friday following intelligence-driven operations.
The publication reported that the DSS handed the professor over to his family members in the presence of senior university officials, including Kitso Ngbargu, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor.
Okunsebor was subsequently taken to the Federal University of Lafia Teaching Hospital for medical evaluation and routine medical checks.
A senior university official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Zagazola Makama that two suspects had been arrested in connection with the abduction.
The official said the university was grateful to the DSS for rescuing the professor.
“The university is greatly indebted to the DSS for working round the clock to ensure the timely rescue of our amiable Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture,” the official said.
“We understand that the DSS have in their custody two of the persons behind the kidnap of our dear professor.
“Given how the DSS has been meticulously prosecuting suspects in courts, we have little doubt that both suspects will soon have their day in court.”
In June, three students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) were abducted by unidentified gunmen.
The students were reportedly taken from their residence near the university’s temporary campus in Akunza, Lafia.
