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Olaoluwa
Adeyemi, the school’s principal, speaking
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The three female students
of Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Ikorodu, Lagos state, who were kidnapped
from their hostel on Monday have been rescued.
TheCable
report continues:
The
circumstances of their freedom are still hazy, but they were said to have been
rescued at Igbo Okuta area of Ikorodu.
TheCable
understands that the girls have been taken to an undisclosed hospital for
medical examination.
The
girls were rescued by the security agencies in an operation that started in the
wee hours of Sunday.
A
senior police officer told correspondents: “We were certain that the girls
would be rescued alive because we had good intelligence on the operations of
these gangsters. We had them cornered and it was just a matter of time for them
to reach a cul-de-sac.”
The
kidnappers reportedly contacted Victor Ayo Olusa, father of the first victim,
to demand a ransom of ₦200m, which was later lowered to ₦20m per student.
Steve
Ayorinde, Lagos state commissioner for information and culture, confirmed the
good news to TheCable.
“I
can also confirm that no ransoms were paid,” he said.
The
three pupils – Timilehin Olusa, Tofunmi Popo Olaniyan and Deborah Akinayo –
were abducted from their school on Monday night.
The
Lagos state government blamed the crime on some pipeline vandals who have been
sent out of business by the security agencies.
Babington Macaulay Junior
Seminary is owned by the Anglican church.
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