Benue Police foil kidnap attempt of varsity bursar

Operatives of Benue State Police Command have foiled a kidnap attempt on the Bursar of the Federal University of Agriculture(now known as Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University) Makurdi, Mr Emmanuel Timothy.

The arrested suspects are; Terwase Agbem Paul, popularly known as TAP, and one Mson Yaasa.

It was gathered that men of Operation Zenda led by its commander, CSP Justine Gberindye, who acted on a tip, raided their hideout at Ankpa Quarters in Makurdi last Saturday and arrested two of the suspected kidnappers.

Confirming the arrest of the suspects, the State Police Command Public Relations Officer, DSP, Catherine Anene, said that the command acted on information that a kidnap gang in Makurdi was re-grouping around Ankpa Quarters.

“A team of Police officers were deployed to trail and arrest the suspects.

“On 22/05/2021 at about 1200hrs, these suspects had assembled at Ankpa Quarters, Makurdi and perfected plans to carry out their nefarious act when the operatives invaded their hideout and arrested the kingpin, one Paul Terwase Agbem also known as Top of Gwarimpa, Abuja and one Mson Yaasa of Adikpo, Kwande Local Government Area.

The PPRO said that the suspects had confessed to having completed plans on the same day to kidnap a staff of the Joseph Sawuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi who allegedly refused to pay him money for the contract he executed in the school.

“Efforts are in progress to arrest the fleeing suspects,” Anene said.

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