{"id":47126,"date":"2016-03-03T10:40:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T09:40:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=47126"},"modified":"2016-03-03T10:40:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T09:40:01","slug":"ikorodu-schoolgirls-kidnappers-demand-n200million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/ikorodu-schoolgirls-kidnappers-demand-n200million\/","title":{"rendered":"Ikorodu Schoolgirls: Kidnappers Demand N200million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The kidnappers of the three schoolgirls from Babington Macaulay Junior<br \/>\nSeminary (BMJS) have made contacts and demanded N200 million ransom.<\/p>\n<p>The kidnappers, twice contacted the distraught father of one of the girls,<br \/>\nTimilehin Olusa <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1329240684\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, demanding N200 million for the three girls.<\/p>\n<p>They were said to have gotten the telephone number of Venerable Victor Ayo<br \/>\nOlusa from his daughter. Olusa is the executive secretary of Lagos<br \/>\nAnglican School Management Board.<\/p>\n<p>Timilehin Olusa, Tofunmi Popoolaniyan and Deborah Akinayo, all SS2<br \/>\nstudents, were abducted by gunmen from their classroom at about <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1329240685\"><span class=\"aQJ\">9:30pm<\/span><\/span> on<br \/>\nMonday during prep.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, increased presence of security personnel was noticeable in<br \/>\nAgunfoye-Lugbusi Village near Ikorodu, Lagos State, <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1329240687\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>, NAN<br \/>\nreports.<\/p>\n<p>A correspondent who visited the school <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1329240688\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span> reports that<br \/>\nplain-clothed security men have flooded the area while a contingent of the<br \/>\nnavy has also infiltrated the surrounding creeks in the manhunt for the<br \/>\nabductors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe area is on 24-hour surveillance and we won\u2019t rest until the students<br \/>\nare returned to their parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have also made contacts with other security agencies,\u201d Mr Bala Hassan,<br \/>\nan Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, told<br \/>\nNAN in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>The AIG, who is in charge of Lagos and Ogun States, said that security<br \/>\nagents in the neighbouring states had also been contacted to secure all<br \/>\nroutes.<\/p>\n<p>He assured that the police was closing in on the criminals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CP has given the school authorities advice on how to beef up security<br \/>\naround here. So far, we have gotten good information on the criminals and<br \/>\nI can tell you that everything is on course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deployments already made will not be changed and Ogun Police Command<br \/>\nhas also been alerted to properly secure all entries and exits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are assuring the parents and school authorities that the girls will<br \/>\nsoon be back, that is all I can say for now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Security agents from the police, Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy have<br \/>\nbeen deployed in the area while armed patrol teams were sighted at bus<br \/>\nstops leading to the school.<\/p>\n<p>Rapid Response Squad (RRS) helicopters were also sighted carrying out<br \/>\nsurveillance air patrol of the creeks.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The kidnappers of the three schoolgirls from Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary (BMJS) have made contacts and demanded N200 million ransom. 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