This came barely a week after the kidnappers reportedly wrote the school to notify the management of their impending visit.
This was the second time gunmen had invaded the school since October last year when they abducted four pupils and two teachers.
The victims were then taken into the forest in Ogun State. But in the early hours of yesterday, the armed men, in hoods, broke the school fence and entered the premises. Sources said the kidnappers, believed to be militants, had been on the prowl in Epe for more than two weeks.
“They were patrolling the waterways and even challenged security operatives to a gun duel in a bid to distract them and waste their ammunition,” a source said.
Residents also claimed the security agents foiled the kidnappers’ attempt to kidnap some students on Wednesday.
But sources said it was a farmer who alerted the security agents to the presence of the gunmen. It was learnt that the abductors later shot dead the farmer about 10p.m. on Wednesday.
Not satisfied, the gunmen clad in black attire, returned to the school again about 6a.m. and abducted 10 students from senior school. But in a new twist to abduction in the country, the kidnappers profiled the students on their way out.
https://newtelegraphonline.com/2017/05/gunmen-abduct-profile-10-lagos-students/
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