Ikorodu Abduction: Parents Withdraw Children From School

Following the abduction of three girls on Monday night by unknown gunmen in what is reminiscent of the squaring away of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State almost two years ago, parents have begun withdrawing their students from the affected school, Barbington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
our  correspondents who were at the school report that cars could be seen filing in droves into the school premises this afternoon as parents trooped in to pick up their kids, and guardians came to pick up their wards as they worried for their safety.

Parents’ cars parked alongside a road inside the premises of the school.

It was however gathered that while some of the parents were there just to pick up their children for their JAMB exams set for this weekend, others, greatly scared of the whole saga, were there to take their children to the safety of their homes.
The school authorities are not stopping any parent from picking up their kids.  According to principal of the school, Venerable O. Adeyemi, parents were free to pick up their kids in the light of the sad development at the school.
Adeyemi, who spoke exclusively with Greennews.ng inside the school premises on Tuesday, also revealed that the parents of the missing girls have been fully briefed about the efforts being made by the school authorities to rescue the girls and they are fully supportive of the school’s attempts so far.

A police helicopter deployed in search of the missing girls.

Security operatives assessing the situation inside the school premises on Tuesday.

Adeyemi also confirmed that the missing students were really three girls but refused to disclose their names for security reasons. He also confirmed that they were abducted on Monday night at around 8pm but denied reports that attempts had been made in the past to cart away students of the school. He said those reports were totally untrue.
He refused blatantly to comment on reports that security operatives may have arrested one of the kidnappers saying that he was not in the position to speak on security matters as he has been strongly advised against it by the police.
Meanwhile, a resident within the area told Greennews.ng on grounds of anonymity that the gunmen operated for about an hour on Monday night, shooting sporadically into the air as they carried out their raid without being disturbed.
As at the time of filing this report, the girls are still missing and nobody (person or group) has come out to claim responsibility for the Monday night abduction.

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