Abducted Students: Lagos Police Intensifies Rescue Efforts
Fatai Owoseni, Lagos State Police Commissioner [/caption]
The Lagos State Police Command says it has intensified search for the six abducted students of Igbonla Model School, Epe, Lagos.
A statement signed by Olarinde Famous-Cole, the Lagos police spokesperson on Thursday, noted that the state’s Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni, constitute a team of officers to rescue the students and apprehend the suspects.
The students were abducted in the early hours of Thursday by unknown gunmen, who arrived through a creek behind the school, breaking through the school’s fence to gain access into the premises.
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“Investigation and rescue operation started with the visit to the affected school by the Police Team led by the Commissioner of Police,” Mr. Famous-Cole said.
“The team have intensified its search through the adjoining waterways into the forest.
“From the visit, it was found that the abductors used the Imeru/Oji waterway to access the swamp forest bordering the school.
“Obviously, the dastardly act of these criminal elements is nothing other than sheer wickedness as there is no justification whatsoever for abducting the innocent children.
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“The trauma that the parents/guardians and relatives of these children are going through at this difficult moment can be imagined.”
A similar incident occurred seven months after gunmen kidnapped two teachers and four pupils of the same school, though they later released.
