It was gathered that the bandits made a shocking appearance in the school in a gold coloured Highlander, and held both the teachers and students hostage for hours before they were able to get their victims.
An eyewitness, said the gunmen drove into the school and headed to the school’s staff room, where the teachers were relaxing and abducted three teachers while others and students who were equally in the staff room, sccaped through other exits.
“I was in the village. I was sitting with my two brothers. I am not living here. I came for a visit. The next minute, what we heard was: kidnappers, kidnappers.
“So we ran down to the school. Before getting there, the kidnappers have already gone.
“Then we went to meet the teachers and they started explaining that some gunmen came into the school in army uniform, that they drove in one gold coloured Highlander.
“When they came, they parked. After some time, they came down. They entered the staff room wielding guns and abducted three teachers.
“When our community boys heard the shout of kidnappers, they started running towards the direction of the school. They met the Highlander coming out of the school premises and they pointed gun at the boys.
“The boys ran down there with their empty hands, no cutlass, no wood, and nothing; so they had to back off as there was nothing they could do in that situation.
“They started shouting to draw attention as the school is close to the road. Before others came, the kidnappers are already gone”, one of the eyewitness said.
When Contacted, the spoke man to the commissioner for Basic Secondary school, Mr. Sam Ijeh said ” I’m just hearing it but I need to confirm from the Chief Inspector of Education, he is the one to give reports of such incident”.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed the story.
