Update On Igbo Nla Model College Kidnap: Student Reportedly Falls Sick In Kidnappers’ Den

One of the four Junior Secondary School 1 students abducted by suspected militants from Lagos State Model College, Igbo Nla, in Eredo Local Council Development Area of Epe, last Thursday (read here) has reportedly fallen ill at the captors’ den.

Vanguard learnt that one of the kidnappers contacted the parents of the sick schoolboy yesterday, informing her of the development and that they had administered treatment.

This is just as payment of ransom, which the kidnappers initially pegged at N5 million was reduced to N3.5 million for each of the captives, yesterday.

A relative of the sick boy who spoke on condition of anonymity said:

 ”My sister was contacted again yesterday. After much plea, they told her to go and get N3.5 million.

The strange caller promised to call again and inform her where she would drop the money. He also informed her that our relative was sick. At that stage, my sister could not speak any more. I collected the phone from her, but when he heard my voice, he cut the line.

The phone rang after three hours and my sister picked. The stranger warned her never to give the phone to anyone else. He told her that our relative’s temperature was high and that he was also shivering.

My sister begged in tears to speak with our relative and when she did, he (the relative) begged her to do all within their power to get him out of there. At a point, our relative burst into tears. He wanted to say something, but the phone was collected from him.

The strange caller, however, assured my sister that a nurse was about to administer the necessary medication on our relative. He also assured that none of them was maltreated, but stated that they will only incur their wrath if any of them tried to play smart.”

At the moment, we have raised N750,000 which was contributed by relatives and friends. The strange caller also told my sister that they would call her to drop whatever she has at a designated place. But he insisted it must be up to their demand.”

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Reports also claimed that distraught parents of the abducted persons would be meeting with the management of the school on the way forward to secure the release of their loved ones.

Meanwhile, Governor of Lagos state, Akinwunmi Ambode has ordered the demolition of all illegal structures along waterways and creeks in the state. He gave a one-week ultimatum to those illegally occupying shanties around waterways to vacate their abode.

”I want to assure our citizens that the students and teachers of Igbonla Model College, who were kidnapped recently, would be rescued shortly. The era of kidnapping has come to an end,” he said.

The Senator representing Lagos East senatorial district in the National Assembly, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, has also called on the Inspector General of Police and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police to double their efforts to ensure that the kidnapped staff and students of Government Model College, Igbonla, Epe, were rescued.

In view of this, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, assured on Sunday that rescue mission was ongoing, adding that, ‘All the escape routes of the abductors have been blocked.”