EXCLUSIVE: ‘I Wish I Never Sent Them To School’: Oyo Farmer Says Four Children, Daughter-in-Law, Infant Grandchild Abducted In School Attack

Ojo spoke exclusively to SaharaReporters on Tuesday during a visit to the affected community, where fear and tension still hang heavily over residents following the coordinated abductions.

A distraught farmer, Micheal Ojo, whose four children, daughter-in-law and grandchild were abducted during the recent attacks on schools in Oyo State, has narrated to SaharaReporters how heavily armed terrorists invaded two communities, opened fire on residents and marched dozens of pupils into the forest reserve.

Ojo spoke exclusively to SaharaReporters on Tuesday during a visit to the affected community, where fear and tension still hang heavily over residents following the coordinated abductions.

The elderly man, visibly shaken by the incident, said he regretted allowing the children to attend school on the day of the attack after they initially pleaded with him to stay home.

“On Friday morning, my children said they did not want to go to school, but I told them they should go since they would close by 1pm. I wish I never told them to go,” he said sorrowfully.