The Nasarawa state Police Command has rescued a lecturer in the Department of Microbiology, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Mr. Isaac Igbawua, from his abductors.
This was contained in a statement released Friday in Lafia by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel.
According to the statement, the Command on Wednesday received information that gunmen had invaded the residence of the lecturer at Old Barracks, Kokona LGA of the state, at 4:14am and took him to an unknown destination.
“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 4:30pm, 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 vigilance group, mobilised to the scene and, on sighting the team, the hoodlums opened fire, but were gallantly repelled.
“The victim was rescued unhurt and reunited with his family after undergoing a medical examination at the Police Clinic, Lafia,” the statement read in part.
In a related development, the Command has arrested a suspected notorious criminal and second year student of the Federal University of Lafia.
Nansel said in the statement that the police searched the student’s residence and found “one locally-fabricated Beretta pistol, four live ammunition and charms.”
