We Thought They Were Soldiers”: Horror as Gunmen Abduct Over 40 Schoolchildren in Oyo

“My son’s wife is teaching in that school. She was kidn@pped too. She’s the woman seen crying with a baby on her back in the viral video. None of them has been released yet. Before now, they used to kidn@p one or two people, but this time, they åbdûcted over 40 children, including nursery and primary school pupils. It happened around 9am. We saw them coming dressed like soldiers, so nobody suspected anything at first. But when they got to the school junction, they entered the school and started shøøting everywhere. Some children tried to escape through the windows, but they were too weak. They lined the children up like cattle and marched them into the bush.”

— A man, in a conversation with Chude Jideonwo, recounts how his daughter-in-law and grandchild were among those kidn@pp€d at a school in Oyo State.