The Nigerian Presidency provides updated information on the rescue of pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State. According to statements by President Bola Tinubu’s media aide, Bayo Onanuga, security operatives arrested eight suspected kidnappers during the rescue operation. The Presidency says the eight suspects are in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). The reports also state that some other kidnappers were neutralised during the operation, indicating that not all suspects were taken into custody.
The accounts further reference that the victims were rescued after a period in captivity. One outlet reports the pupils and teachers spent 56 days in captivity before being recovered. The Presidency position, as described across the articles, is that security forces did not make concessions in order to secure the release of the abducted children and teachers.
All sources attribute the details to Onanuga and the Presidency, describing the same sequence: abduction in Orire, a rescue operation conducted by security agencies, arrest of eight suspects by DSS, and the neutralisation of others.
