Dislodged Boko Haram fighters responsible for attacks on Oyo schools, says Defence Headquarters

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the dislodged members of Jama’atu Ahlis-Sunna Lidda’Awati Wal-Jihad (JAS), the formal name of notorious terrorist group, Boko Haram, is responsible for the recent coordinated attacks on three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.

Micheal Onoja, the DHQ spokesperson, said in a statement on Thursday that the JAS members, who carried out a mass abduction during the attacks, were dislodged from other parts by intense military operations. PREMIUM TIMES reported last Friday that the assailants invaded three schools in the Ogbomoso axis of Oyo State, kidnapping students and teachers.

“The recent incidence (incident) of kidnap in Oyo State was clearly perpetrated by terrorists of the JAS Group that have been dislodged from other parts of the country due to high intensity operations being conducted all over,” Mr Onoja, a major general, stated.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that terrorists invaded three schools in Yawota and Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting at least 45, including pupils and teachers.

One of the abducted teachers, Michael Oyedokun, was later killed in captivity.