The ransom demanded by the abductors was reduced to N10 million by the kidnappers, while the school was pleading with N2 million.
Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary School main entrance gate. (The Nation)
On Monday, 29th of February, three female students of theBabington Macaulay Junior Seminary School, a private school in Ikorodu, Lagos wereabducted by a group of gunmen.
Since then, negotiations with the kidnappers has been ongoing with the aim of getting the girls back safely.
According to Vanguard, the ransom demanded by the abductors was reduced to N10 million by the kidnappers, while the school was pleading with N2 million.
An accord on their release was reportedly reached between the negotiating parties at the early hours of yesterday. But at 5p.m., there was reportedly no news from the kidnappers on where the students would be picked, owing to disagreement over ransom.
Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly,Mudashiru Obasa, has reacted to this ordeal, saying there was need for the creation of state police. Other members also took turns to condemn the incident, saying if Federal Government allows creation of state police, crimes will be minimised.
The Lagos State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday also called for the immediate release of the three kidnapped students.
The party, through the Publicity Secretary, Mr. Joe Igbokwe, condemned the kidnap, describing it as callous and inhuman, carried out by criminals who wanted to test the resolve of the present state government to drastically reduce criminality in the state.
The traditional head of the area where the school is located, Baale of Lugbusi,Chief Michael Omolojuhas also said “the school needs a better and effective security.
“They should employ security officials to man the place on a 24-hour basis. We have called on our subjects to be vigilant and report any strange movement to government," he added.
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