Security operatives on Sunday nabbed three suspected kidnappers in Ogoli-Ugboju community, Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State.

This came on the heels of insecurity in Otukpo within the past few days.

Maxwell Ogiri, the Council Chairman of Otukpo LGA, confirmed to journalists that security operatives were trailing the remaining gang members.

He said: “We learnt from intelligence report that they are a gang of five kidnappers. Three have been apprehended. Security agents are going after the remaining two and their collaborators. The arrested are three members of a five-man kidnapping gang that has been terrorising Otukpo Local Government Area and surrounding communities.

“Our gallant security forces chased and apprehended them today, Sunday, 6th April 2025, in Ogoli-Ugboju. The names of the criminals are Ibrahim Salleh, Ashimu and Abuh Umaru. Efforts are ongoing to track down their remaining accomplices and local collaborators.”

Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Benue Command, CSP Anene Sewuese Catherine, told journalists in Makurdi that operation was ongoing in Otukpo.

Catherine said she learnt that some suspects had been arrested.