DSS and Military Arrest Five in NYSC Members' Abduction
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), the military, and the police arrested five suspected members of a criminal gang linked to the abduction of 20 prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Imo State on October 1. The abduction occurred along the Owerri–Onitsha Expressway while the victims were en route to their assigned orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom states.
The suspects were apprehended during intelligence-led operations conducted between October 10 and 14 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State. Three other gang members reportedly escaped with gunshot injuries, prompting a significant manhunt.
The 20 corps members were rescued on October 7 during a joint security operation at Amakohia Ubi Village. A security source expressed relief at the arrests, indicating that the agencies had been actively pursuing the abductors and expected the suspects to be charged in court.
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