The Police in Nasarawa State have rescued a kidnapped lecturer, Isaac Igbawua, from the den of his abductors.
Igbawua, a lecturer with the Department of MicroBiology at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, was on December 27, 2023, kidnapped by armed men from his residence along Old Barracks, Kokona Local Government Area.
The Nasarawa State Police spokesperson, Ramhan Nansel, in a statement on Friday, said the lecturer was rescued by police operatives in synergy with members of a vigilance group from a forest at Ogba village, Local Government Area of the state on Thursday, December 28.
“Reacting to the unpleasant development, the Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Shehu Nadada, ordered an intensive manhunt for the abductors,” the statement read.
“The search paid off on 28/12/2023 at about 1630 hrs when information was received that some strange people wearing face mask were sighted in the forest at Ogba village, Nasarawa Eggon and the police in collaboration with vigilante group mobilised to the scene,”
“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.”
The Police also arrested a 25-year-old student of the Federal University Lafia, identified as Daniel Favour Chukwuebuka, and recovered arms and ammunition from his residence.
Daniel Favour Chukwuebuka, a 200 level student of the Department of Social Works, was arrested on Thursday, December 28.
“Acting based on credible information, operatives of the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit arrested one Daniel Favour Chukwuebuka ‘m’ 25yrs, a 200 Level student of the Department of Social Works, Federal University of Lafia,” the PPRO stated.
“A search warrant was executed at his residence where one locally fabricated Beretta pistol, four (4) live ammunition, and Criminal Charms/Herbs were recovered as exhibits,”
