The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned 5 suspects allegedly linked to the kidnapping of 20 potential members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Imo State.
The suspects in response to a report by NTA embody Ibrahim Jiji, Aminu Haliru, Mohammed Ali, Usman Aliyu and Babangida Aliyu.
They had been arrested throughout intelligence-led operations carried out between October 10 and 14 in Rivers and Abia states.
LEADERSHIP recollects that the 20 potential corps members had been kidnapped by armed males on October 1, 2026, alongside the Owerri–Onitsha Expressway whereas travelling to their designated NYSC orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom states.
They had been subsequently rescued on October 7 throughout a joint safety operation at Amakohia Ubi Village in Imo State.
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