Gunmen Kidnap 12-Yr-Previous Secondary College Lady In Ibadan
A 12-year-old pupil of a non-public secondary faculty was on Thursday kidnapped in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Eyewitnesses mentioned the abductors, who had been masked, drove a automobile with out registration quantity plates and fired photographs into the air to scare highway customers and passersby in the course of the operation.
One eyewitness, who declined to be named, mentioned the incident occurred round 7:20 a.m.
“The abductors had been masked and drove a automobile with no quantity plates. They pursued the woman’s mom and kidnapped her. Although the woman resisted, they drove off by means of the Problem space of Ibadan,” the supply mentioned.
Confirming the incident, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, mentioned the command acquired a report of suspected kidnapping within the Problem space within the early hours of Thursday, February 12, 2026.
In accordance with him, preliminary data signifies that the woman was allegedly kidnapped by unknown armed males at a junction resulting in the college premises as she was alighting from a automobile that conveyed her to high school.
“The incident was promptly reported to the Police, and detectives had been instantly deployed to the scene for preliminary evaluation and fact-finding,” Ayanlade mentioned.
He added that eyewitnesses had been recognized and questioned, offering helpful results in help ongoing investigations.
The police spokesman disclosed that the sufferer’s mother and father have been contacted and are in shut communication with the command as efforts proceed to safe the woman’s protected rescue.
He additional said that the Commissioner of Police has directed a complete and intelligence-driven investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident and produce the perpetrators to justice.
The command urged members of the general public to stay calm and help the police with any helpful data, assuring that such data could be handled confidentially.
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Times Nigeria