Crimes

Police rescue abducted lecturer, arrest student with gun in Nasarawa

The officers of the Nasarawa State Police Command have rescued Isaac Igbawua, a lecturer at the Department of Microbiology, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, from his abductors.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, on Friday, December 29, 2023.

Nansel stated that the command, on Wednesday, December 27, received information that gunmen invaded the residence of the lecturer at Old Barracks, Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State at 4:14 a.m. and took him to an unknown destination.

He said: “Reacting to the unpleasant development, Umar Nadada, the Commissioner of Police in the state, ordered an immediate and intensive manhunt for the abductors.

“The search paid off on Thursday, December 28, at 4:30 p.m., when information was received that some strange people wearing face masks were sighted in a forest at Ogba Village, Nasarawa-Eggon LGA.

“Our personnel, in collaboration with a vigilante group, mobilised to the scene and, on sighting the team, the hoodlums opened fire but were gallantly repelled.

“The lecturer was rescued unhurt and reunited with his family after undergoing a medical examination at the Police Clinic, Lafia.”

The police spokesperson added that the command arrested a suspected criminal and second-year student of the Federal University of Lafia.

Nansel said the police searched the student’s residence and found one locally fabricated Beretta pistol, four live ammunition, and charms.

The Star