- Recall that five students, three female teachers and a driver were earlier kidnapped
- The bus driver was later killed by the gunmen
Operatives from the State Police Command have detained suspected kidnappers of students and staff from Apostolic Faith Group of Schools in Emure Ekiti, Ekiti State.
The Police stated that one of the nine suspects was shot and killed when the gang engaged policemen in a gunfight while parading the suspects before the media on Friday night at the Command headquarters in Ado Ekiti.
WITHIN NIGERIA reports that the gunmen had on the evening of Monday, January 29, 2024, abducted some schoolchildren and teachers along Emure–Eporo Road while returning to Eporo after closing from school while in the school bus.
The kidnap victims, it would be recalled, were five students, three female teachers and a driver.
The bus driver was later killed by the gunmen, who released the remaining eight persons after a ransom of N15million was allegedly paid by the families of the victims.
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