Turkish Int’l Sch falls victim to kidnappers, 2 staff, 3 students taken

Men of the Nigerian police are now on the trail of a group of kidnappers who on Friday, abducted two staff members and three students of the Turkish International School, Isheri, a border town between Lagos and Ogun states.

Though, details of the incident were still sketchy as at the time of filing in this report, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer confirmed the incident but could also not give clear details.

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“From the information at my disposal, the victims are staff. We don’t know if some Nigerian staff members are among.” Oyeyemi said.

Continuing, she added that; “The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command has deployed the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad as well as other police operatives to move there. He has directed that the abducted persons must be rescued unhurt”.

 

 

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