Story from Kenneth AFOR, Lagos
The abducted female staff of Chimola School who was taken by some gunmen on Thursday morning has been released.
It was reported that the bandits numbering about eight on motorcycles hijacked the school bus in a housing estate in Oba-Ile, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State around 6:45 am when the driver was on a routine of picking pupils.
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The driver was forced out of the bus and drove off with the attendant.
The attendant, Omolayo Ojo, who was freed narrating her ordeal said she saw the abductors blocked them and brought out a gun and a battle axe.
She added they dragged the driver out but took her along as they drove away.
According to her, when they got to the bush, they asked her to cooperate and requested her name and her father’s.
She said they asked her to start running she didn’t know her way.
“I saw one brought out a gun and the other brought out battle axe. The driver was dragged out they pressed my face down so I didn’t know the route they took.
“When they got to the bush, they brought me down, asked about my name and asked me to cooperate.
“They later told me to run without looking back. I met an old woman who showed me the way to a road.
“An Okada rider gave me N500 and showed me the way to town from where I took a transport to Akure,” she said.
The principal of the school, Mrs Akinde Bolatito, said the driver narrated to her what happened at the police station where he was still being questioned, according to The Nation Newspaper.
“Omolayo has been working with us for over two years. She said they drove her into the bush. She was not tampered with. No hurt on her body.
“There was no pupil inside the bus. It was an empty bus. This has been their normal runs. We have never had any issue with our bus or our staff.
“Our children are in good hands. The police are on it,” the principal said.
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