Lagos State Police command has
dismissed rumours that the six male students of Igbonla Government College,
Epe, kidnapped seven weeks ago were dead.
On Tuesday, Fatai Owoseni,
Commissioner of Police in Lagos, said: “We are on course to rescue the boys.
The children are fine and we will continue to intensify efforts to ensure that
they are returned home and reunited with their parents”.
“This is a sensitive matter and
our main objective is to successfully reunite them with their parents and that
will soon be achieved,” the police boss said.
Peter Jonah, Isiaq Rahmon,
Adebayo George, Judah Agbausi, Pelumi Philips and Farouq Yusuf were abducted on
May 25, 2017.
The kidnappers initially demanded
N50 million ransom but stopped communication after three of their gang members
were arrested by the police last month, despite collecting N10 million from the
parents of the students.
They resumed talks last week and
after collecting another N20 million from the parents, they failed to release
the boys at the weekend as promised.
The kidnappers made a demand for
another N1.5 million, a development that caused a stalemate in the
negotiations.
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