The Rescue operation of the abducted teachers and students of Ahoro-Esinele/Yawota axis of Oriire Local Government has become complicated as the suspected bandits are now using Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) to ward off being encircled.
Newspotng learnt that Saturday evening a combined team of soldiers, Amotekun Corps members, Agro-Rangers men and local hunters located the bandits at a hill near Igbeti, with the abductees and were advancing on them, “The bandits shot rapidly at them but the bullets could not penetrate most of the security members and so they resorted to the use of IEDs, which caught the rescue force off guard.
The hunters who were familiar with the terrain heared the cry of the children.
A viral video Sunday morning shows the principal of the Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele, Mrs. Rachael Alamu, and a teacher of the private school, both who were among the abductees, appealing for help.
That confirms the narrative that the bandits are trapped and are at their wits end on how to escape. Hence, they want a negotiated settlement.
In the same vein, an unverified report put the number of abducted persons at 7 teachers and 39 students/pupils with most of the pupils under ten years.
