The police command in Benue has arrested Tersagh Ichor, a lecturer with Joseph Saawuan Tarka University Makurdi, for masterminding the kidnap of Susan Anyagh.

Police spokesman Sewuese Anene said this in a statement on Friday.

According to the statement, Ms Anyagh, the wife of the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, JOSTUM chapter, was kidnapped on December 7 in Makurdi.

The police said she was kidnapped along Otukpo Road in Makurdi.

The statement said at about 2:00 p.m. on the same date, another piece of information was received along Yandev-Ugbema road that the victim was attacked by her abductors and left unconscious by the roadside.

According to the police, the victim was identified and rushed to the Primary Healthcare Clinic, Ameladu, for treatment, where she later regained consciousness.

Ms Anyagh told the police that while she was driving from the NNPC Mega Station, Kanshio, where she went to collect money from her customer, she was flagged down at Otukpo Road by persons who claimed to be in need, and she stopped to render help.

“They quickly jumped into her car and pointed a gun at her, ordering her to drive towards the Wurukum area. Immediately, she looked outside the car and saw her husband’s colleague, Dr Tersagh Ichor of JOSTUM, standing by the car. She beckoned him for help, but he turned his back and walked away.

“While moving in the vehicle, her abductors received a call from Ichor ordering that she should be killed, and she became agitated. When they sighted a police checkpoint ahead that was checking vehicles, they decided to reverse to a hidden place.

“They parked the car, brought her out, collected the sum of N1,350,000 she had in the car, opened the car boot, and took a vehicle jack, which they used to hit the back of her neck, and she fell,” the police statement said.

According to the police, Mr Ichor had been arrested in connection with the case, and the investigation is ongoing.

(NAN)