The student was detained by the NSCDC, Niger Command, for allegedly attempting to kidnap the Provost of the College of Fisheries, New Bussa.
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, have arrested an 18-year-old student for reportedly attempting to kidnap the Provost of the College of Fisheries, New Bussa, Niger State.
The student was detained by the NSCDC, Niger Command, for allegedly attempting to kidnap the Provost of the College of Fisheries, New Bussa.
According to a statement made on Wednesday in Minna by the command's spokesman, ASC Nasir Abdullahi, the suspect, a college student, was detained on August 10.
He claimed that the suspect and another person, who is still at large, planned to compose a letter threatening to abduct the provost if a ransom wasn't paid.
However, according to Nasir, 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.
Meanwhile, Nigeria is ranked among the kidnapping hotspots of the world.
Over 3,000 people were kidnapped in Nigeria in the first half of 2021 alone. The figure for January 2022 has been reported as 571.
This practice has evolved among the bandits and terrorists of northern Nigeria, militants and cultists in the Niger Delta as well as the ritual-killers of the western and eastern parts of the country.