– The police are intensifying efforts to rescue six persons who are still unaccounted for after being kidnapped by gunmen in Epe in Lagos state
– The gunmen said to be about six in number, a female included, stormed the school premises during their assembly
– The hoodlums reportedly shot sporadically into the air as they abducted four students, a teacher and a vice principal of the school
The Lagos state police command have rescued two persons kidnapped by suspected militants at a Model College, Igbo Nla in Epe area of Lagos yesterday, October 6.
The command has disclosed that it is intensifying efforts to other six persons who are still unaccounted for, Linda Ikeji blog reports. There was panic within the Lagos metropolis, following the attack on the secondary school, by some unknown gunmen suspected to be militants. The gunmen said to be about six in number, a female included, stormed the school premises during their assembly. The kidnappers shot sporadically into the air as they abducted four students, a teacher and a vice principal of the school.
The Lagos state commissioner of Police, Fatai Owosso said more operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) have been deployed to the area in a bid to rescue the victims.
In another development, the Nigerian Army has announced the arrest of some alleged kidnappers in Zaria, Kaduna state, Nigeria. Spokesperson of the Army, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, said the suspects were arrested on Wednesday, October 5 October 2016, by troops of 1 division of the Nigerian Army stationed in Anchau, Kubau local government area of the state.
The two kidnappers were arrested in the process of collecting ransom from a kidnap victim’s family in the area.
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