Nigeria, Nov. 3 -- Troops of the Nigerian Army, working with operatives of the State Security Service (SSS), have arrested a suspected kidnapper while collecting a N200,000 ransom allegedly demanded from a woman in Nasarawa State.

The suspect, Mukaila Iliyasu, was arrested on 29 October at Akwaba in the state's Eggon Local Government Area.

The Acting Media Information Officer of the Joint Task Force Operation Whirl Stroke, Ahmad Zubairu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday.

Mr Zubairu said SSS operatives alerted troops of Sector 2, Operation Whirl Stroke, to the alleged threat against the woman, who was reportedly asked to pay N200,000 or risk being abducted.

He said the security agencies subsequently organised a joint oper...