Armed gang abducts three female students in Lagos

The era of abduction of school girls as ingeniously carried out in the northeast by Boko Haram terrorists when they abducted over 200 students at Chibok village among others is being repeated in Lagos by an unknown armed gang.

On Monday night, a gang of armed robbers stormed a seminary of the Anglican Communion, Babington Macaulay Junior Seminary (BMJS) in Ikorodu, Lagos State, and abducted three female students without trace yet.

Although the actual number of the girls captured is still a subject of intense debate, the Police is insisting that the number of students taken away by the gang was three against insinuations that they were more than that figure.

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The armed men, initially suspected to be pipeline vandals, had stormed the school premises located at Agunfoye-Lugbusi village and gained entry through the back fence and successfully took the girls away.

In a swift reaction, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, visited the school with a team of detectives on Tuesday morning to carrange out an on the spot assessment.

Confirming the abduction, the state command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Dolapo Badmos, said efforts are ongoing to track the abductors and rescue the girls.

“Three female students were taken away by some criminals on Monday night but
investigations are on to track then. We shall update you as event unfolds.”