Suspected gunmen abduct 3 students in Ikeja

Two secondary school students and their little sister in the primary section were reportedly abducted by hoodlums suspected to be gunmen in Lagos last week.

The students of yet to be mentioned school located in Ikeja area of Lagos State were said to have been abducted while returning from the school after closing on Thursday, April 6, 2023.

The students, all females, are said to belong to the same parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otulana.

The eldest, Otulana Oluwatomisin Victoria, is a 15 years old SS2 student born on October 18, 2008, her two other younger sisters are Otulana Oluwadarasimi Esther, who was born on May 18, 2011, and an eight years old Otulana Modesire Annabelle, who was born on August 19, 2015.

The reason for the abduction of students of the same parents was yet to be ascertained at the time of filing this report yesterday, as the mother told our correspondent the abductors have note demanded for anything yet.

She said she was just called by the abductors to inform her that her children have been abducted.

She said the family has been in grief since last last especially at the abductors are yet to make any demand to release the children.

“I was expecting my daughters after the closing hours on Thursday expecting that there would be holiday on Friday and Monday. I was curious when I didn’t see them as at when they were supposed to be home only to receive a call from unknown person telling me that my daughters have been abducted.

“I was trying to make further enquiry about their whereabouts and the reason for abducting them but the person who was talking to me just cut the call and has not called back since Thursday last week. I could not call back because they hid the number to call me. He let me hear the voice of my children to be ascertained that they were in their captivity.

“The whole family has been in great fear and panic since last week especially when we are yet to hear from the abductors. We don’t hear the voice of our children since last week, we don’t know where they are, we don’t know what they eat, we don’t know what they are doing for or with them.

“I don’t know why my children, three children at a time, this is so terrible. We are appealing to anyone with useful information about the whereabouts of the children to please contact the nearest police station or law enforcement officers.”