***Says: We were forced to trek through forest at night
***lThey ate cocoyam, noodles, drank from a waterfall for 56 days —Victims’ relative
By Evelyn Usman & Adeola Badru
IBADAN— THE principal bducted alongside teachers, students and pupils in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mrs Racheal Alamu, yesterday, recounted the harrowing 56-day ordeal in captivity, revealing that children were beaten into silence, male teachers chained and blindfolded, while the victims were repeatedly forced to undertake dangerous midnight treks through forests to evade security operatives.
Mrs Alamu spoke after she and the rescued teachers and pupils were officially handed over to Governor Seyi Makinde at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat in Ibadan.
