An 18-year-old student has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, for attempting to kidnap the Provost of the College of Fisheries, New Bussa, Niger State.
This was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday in Minna by the command’s spokesman, ASC Nasir Abdullahi, who confirmed the suspect, a college student, was detained on August 10.
He alleged that the suspect and another person, who is still at large, planned to compose a letter threatening to abduct the provost if a ransom was not paid.
However, he noted that the suspect made no demands prior to being detained by investigators from the command.
The suspect has been charged with criminal conspiracy and intimidation on two counts, according to the spokesman, and has been brought before a Chief Magistrates Court.
