DSS arraigns five suspects in connection with abduction of 20 NYSC members in Imo

The Department of State Services, DSS on Tuesday arraigned criminal suspects in connection with the abduction of 20 NYSC members on October 1, 2026, before the Imo State High Court.

The suspects were nabbed after obtaining intelligence in the course of operation by the security agents between October 10 and 14, 2026, in Rivers and Abia states.

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The suspects were arrested in Abia and Rivers States before being moved to Imo State to face justice.

The DSS unveiled their names as Mohammed Ali, Usman Aliyu, Babangida Aliyu, Ibrahim Jiji and Aminu Haliru from northern parts of the country.

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CAPITAL POST reports that the criminals were earlier arrested by the operatives
of the DSS, soldiers and policemen.

Other members of the gang were said to have fled with gunshot injuries during the operation launched against the suspected kidnappers, triggering security agencies to intensify efforts to track them down.

The operation in the rescue of the prospective Corps members stirred controversies with claims of some families of the victims that ransom was paid.

But in a swift reaction by the Commissioner of Police in Imo State, he countered the assertion and insisted that ransom wasn’t paid. He said it was a pure rescue operation with some abductors fleeing with gunshot wounds.

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