Police rescue kidnapped Nasarawa lecturer, arrest varsity student with pistol, live ammunition and charms

Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have rescued a kidnapped lecturer, Isaac Igbawua, from his abductors.

Mr. Igbawua, who worked with the Department of MicroBiology at the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, was kidnapped by gunmen from his residence along Old Barracks, Kokona Local Government Area on December 27, 2023.

Spokesperson of the command, Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the lecturer was rescued by operatives in collaboration 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,”