Three Lagos schoolgirls kidnapped from their school on Monday night have
been rescued.
The girls from Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary, Ikorodu were rescued
this morning at Igbo Okuta, Ikorodu, by a combined team of security
forces.
Steve Ayorinde, the commissioner for information confirmed the rescue of
the girls in a tweet this morning:
“The three abducted school girls in Ikorodu have been rescued by the
Police. Lagos is working. Gov Ambode salutes the courage of the Police”,
he said.
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.
It was not clear whether ransom was paid.
The abductors had demanded N100 million ransom and later reduced the
ransom to N10million.
*Reported by TheNEWS