The kidnapped pupils and a staff member of Apostolic Faith School in Ekiti have regained their freedom.
The school children were said to have been rescued in the
wee hours of Sunday.
The pupils, a driver, and a teacher, were abducted on
Monday, January 29, from their school bus in Ekiti state.
They were heading to Emure-Ekiti when the assailants
intercepted their bus at Eporo-Ekiti.
Abutu Sunday, police spokesperson in Ekiti, who confirmed
the development to TheCable, also disclosed that the driver of the bus was
found dead.
“In the early hours of today around 1:30 am, the abducted
children and their teacher were rescued by the team of police and other
security agencies, including the locals,” Sunday said.
“Unfortunately, we lost the driver who is suspected of
having been killed by the abductors.”
There has been a spike in kidnapping for ransom, and
killings orchestrated by unknown gunmen, across Nigeria in recent times.
Gunmen have killed traditional rulers in Ekiti and Kwara
states in the last fortnight.
Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, has not been spared either,
with authorities and law enforcement grappling to contain a spate of abductions
by bandits in border communities.
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