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Police nab two for attempted kidnap on Benue varsity’s bursar

Benue State Police Command has arrested two personsTerwase Agbem Paul, popularly known as TAP, and Mson Yaasa for attempted Kidnap of the Bursar of the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, Mr Emmanuel Timothy.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, Police Public Relations Officer, Sewuese Anene said; “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.

According to Tribune Newspaper, 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.

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, the source added.

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