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Two suspects, including a lady, were arrested by the DSS at the time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A security source disclosed that DSS operatives arrested the three other members of the kidnapping gang on Friday night at a local brothel on the Mararraban Akunza, Lafia \u2013 Makurdi highway<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the source, &#8220;the suspects were identified as 25-year-old Yakubu Abubakar (aka Black\/Starboy), of the Doemak tribe in Plateau State; 37-year-old Usman Abubakar Mairiga, and 27-year-old Sale Babauro Abubakar. Mairiga and Abubakar are Hausa and Fulani respectively, the source added.<br \/>\nThe source also disclosed that the<br \/>\nsuspects are in the custody of the State Command for further, investigations. 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