Bandits: CP, GOC, CoE storm Oriire, 5 teachers still missing, as Oyo shut down schools in 4 LGs

This is in connection with the bandits’ invasion early Friday, news ogbomosoinsightonline.com broke, during which the principal of Community High School (CHS), Ahoro-Esinele, Mrs. Rachael Alamu, an unspecified numbers of students and pupils as well as unknown number of teachers, in three schools in the area were abducted. It has also been confirmed that a teacher in the primary school in the town, Joel Adesiyan, and a student were also killed.

We can’t still account for the whereabouts of five teachers in our school and we don’t know the number of students kidnapped. That they abducted the principal is established,” a teacher in the school who however spoke under the condition of anonymity told Alendtrendnews 

The suspected bandits struck in three schools in the area – CHS, L.A. Basic School and a private school in the nearby Yawota. “The three schools were attacked by the bandits and a teacher in the public primary school and a student were killed. As at now, nobody knows the number of kidnapped victims.”

Ogbomoso Insight also learnt that the visit by the heads of security agencies and the Commissioner for Education a while ago failed to ascertain the number of victims.

Information also gathered had it that the principal’s car which the criminals used as get-away car had been burnt down in a bush.

Meanwhile, the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has directed that public primary schools in areas believed to be prone to banditry be shut down until further notice.

The affected local government areas are Oriire, Surulere, Oyo East and Olorunsogo.

Students and teachers were asked to vacate the schools until further notice.

Executive Chairman of the Board, Dr Nureni Adeniran, in a statement issued on Friday, noted that the decision was taken in order to allow security agencies stabilise the area.

Adeniran also confirmed the killing of a teacher during the incident.

He said the number of students kidnapped has not been ascertained as at the time of filing this report on Friday.

He added that his ministry, in conjunction with other agencies, are on top of the situation.

 

“The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, OYOSUBEB, expresses profound sorrow and deep concern over the unfortunate attack on LA School, Ahoro-Esinele, and Community Grammar School, Ahoro-Esinele, Oriire LGUBEA, which resulted in the killing of a teacher and the kidnapping of some pupils.

 

“As we speak, the accurate number of pupils kidnapped is yet to be ascertained, as security agencies continue to comb the affected areas and establish full details of the incident.

“In the interest of safety, the Board has directed all primary schools in neighbouring communities, including Surulere, Oyo East, Oriire, and Olorunsogo, to immediately vacate their schools until further notice. This temporary measure is to prevent any secondary incidents and to allow security agencies to thoroughly stabilise the area,” the statement said.

Meanwhile since the abduction no news has been heard about the principal and others.