The kidnappers of the three schoolgirls from Babington Macaulay Junior
Seminary (BMJS) have made contacts and demanded N200 million ransom.
The kidnappers, twice contacted the distraught father of one of the girls,
Timilehin Olusa on Tuesday, demanding N200 million for the three girls.
They were said to have gotten the telephone number of Venerable Victor Ayo
Olusa from his daughter. Olusa is the executive secretary of Lagos
Anglican School Management Board.
Timilehin Olusa, Tofunmi Popoolaniyan and Deborah Akinayo, all SS2
students, were abducted by gunmen from their classroom at about 9:30pm on
Monday during prep.
Meanwhile, increased presence of security personnel was noticeable in
Agunfoye-Lugbusi Village near Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Wednesday, NAN
reports.
A correspondent who visited the school on Wednesday reports that
plain-clothed security men have flooded the area while a contingent of the
navy has also infiltrated the surrounding creeks in the manhunt for the
abductors.
“The area is on 24-hour surveillance and we won’t rest until the students
are returned to their parents.
“We have also made contacts with other security agencies,” Mr Bala Hassan,
an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, told
NAN in Lagos.
The AIG, who is in charge of Lagos and Ogun States, said that security
agents in the neighbouring states had also been contacted to secure all
routes.
He assured that the police was closing in on the criminals.
“The CP has given the school authorities advice on how to beef up security
around here. So far, we have gotten good information on the criminals and
I can tell you that everything is on course.
“The deployments already made will not be changed and Ogun Police Command
has also been alerted to properly secure all entries and exits.
“We are assuring the parents and school authorities that the girls will
soon be back, that is all I can say for now,” he said.
Security agents from the police, Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy have
been deployed in the area while armed patrol teams were sighted at bus
stops leading to the school.
Rapid Response Squad (RRS) helicopters were also sighted carrying out
surveillance air patrol of the creeks.