Three students and five staff of Nigerian-Turkish International College (NTIC) , Ogun State, have
been kidnapped by armed men.
According to reports, two other students who had enrolled for Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examination (UTME) coaching were also kidnapped.
A statement issued on Saturday by the school’s spokesman Cemal Yigit read: We wish to notify the general public of the unfortunate incident that occurred on January 13, 2017, at the premises of the Nigerian Tulip
International Colleges (NTIC) Ogun
state,” he said.
At about 9.30pm local time, a group
of people armed with dangerous
weapons gained entrance to the
girls’ section through different
means and held hostage three
female supervisors, a female cook, a
female teacher (Turkish) and three
students.
The school security noticed some
movement on the CCTV camera at
the girls’ section and promptly
deployed security personnel and
alerted the relevant security
agencies in the area as customary.
Upon hearing the security alarm
activated and sighting our security
personnel, the armed invaders
opened fire on the security staff and
managed to escape through a very
dangerous route with the hostages.
The security agencies are currently
on their trail as the whole area has
been cordoned off.
Yigit also said that resources have been been deployed “to ensure that our teachers and students return unhurt by God’s grace.”
PUNCH reports that on Saturday, parents were seen entering the school in a continuous stream
of vehicles and leading their wards, carrying suitcases, into waiting cars.
They also asked that the school be shut down for a week.
While the kidnappers had not yet contacted the parents or school, PUNCH reports that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim
Idris has deployed the IG Intelligence Response
Team, led by an ACP, Abba Kyari , in creeks around Ogun and Lagos states to rescue the victims.
A police source said that the kidnappers may bebmembers of the gang who abducted three pupils
of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary in Ikorodu on March 1, 2016.
“We are doing everything possible to ensure the safe return of the pupils and the school’s employees who were kidnapped on Friday night.
The Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, the Anti-Kidnapping Squad and other security agencies had
been deployed,” Ogun State Police Spokesperson,
Abimbola Oyeyemi said.
