The Department of State Services says it has arrested the suspected kidnapper of three Australian nationals working with Lafarge cement company, Samuel Asuquo.
This is contained in a statement by service in Abuja on Sunday.
The DSS said the suspect was arrested by operatives of the service in Nasarawa Bakoko village in Cross River on August 22.
It said the suspected kidnap kingpin received a ransom of N150m.
The service also announced the arrest of three suspected members of a notorious kidnap gang on August 30 in Lafia.
The suspects are Bamaiyi Mustapha – alias Dan Borno, Aminu Isa and Hassan Shehu.
The DSS said the suspects operated around the Abuja-Kaduna axis, adding that they had earlier kidnapped five women and collected N130m as ransom.
“They were subsequently arrested by the service while planning a high profile kidnap in Abuja, “he said.
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