Enugu, Nigeria – Security agencies in Enugu State arrested three suspected members of a kidnapping gang and killed one other on August 10, 2026, following an earlier attack on a local Catholic church. Nigeria‘s Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, representing Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah, announced the arrests and confirmed the recovery of four AK-47 rifles. Okay News reports that Onyia confirmed the release of two victims abducted during the August 2 incident. The joint security operation involved the Department of State Services, the Nigerian Army, the Nigeria Police Force, and the Enugu State Forest Guard. The suspects are accused of attacking St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Inoyi-Affa, located in the Udi Local Government Area.