18 Arrested over kidnap of three in Nasarawa state

Eighteen suspects have been arrested in connection with the kidnap of three persons in Nasarawa State.

Police Commissioner Bola Longe told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lafia, the state capital that based on intelligence reports, all the three victims were rescued alive, while the suspects were apprehended for allegedly being responsible for their abduction.

He explained that two of the suspects sustained injuries in the course of the arrest, as they engaged the police and tried to resist arrest.