GUNMEN on Monday struck at Issele-Azagba near Asaba, the capital of Delta State, and abducted away two children from a private school. It was gathered that the armed men stormed the school premises at about 10 am in a black Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).
They beat up the security men and tied them up, before heading straight to the classroom where the two children said to be of the same parents were taken away. According to a source,
“the gunmen shot sporadically into the air while holding on to the children, apparently to scare away any resistance. “The children were sandwiched at the back of the SUV by some of the abductors before they drove menacingly from the school compound.”
The source wondered how the abductors were able to beat the school security. As at the time of filing this report, the effort was still being made to reach the school management. When contacted, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adeyinka Adeleke, could not confirm the report. However, a senior police officer told Cornerstone News that:
” We are trailing the kidnappers. We will soon get hold of them and rescue the kids”.
