Nigeria Police arrest eight suspected kidnappers, recover arms in Nasarawa

The Nigeria Police Force says it has recorded a large breakthrough successful its sustained efforts against kidnapping and convulsive crimes with the apprehension of 8 suspected kidnappers.

The NPF said this was made imaginable pursuing a coordinated information cognition successful Rukubi Community, Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

A connection signed by DCP Anthony Okon Placid, Force Public Relations Officer, said the cognition followed a distress study received successful the aboriginal hours of May 7, 2026, regarding an onslaught carried retired by equipped hoodlums who invaded the assemblage connected the nighttime of May 6, 2026, shooting sporadically and causing panic among residents.

He said that during the attack, the assailants reportedly stormed the residences of 2 residents and abducted them to an chartless destination.

The connection said that upon receipt of the report, constabulary operatives of the Nasarawa State Command, successful collaboration with different information agencies and section assemblage youths, swiftly mobilised to the country and launched coordinated operations, which led to the apprehension of 8 suspects linked to the incident...