Rescued pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Oriire, Oyo State, after regaining their freedom following a 56-day captivity. Photo: X/@aonanuga1956
A 15-year-old pupil, Bello Hassan, who was among the pupils abducted from schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, on Wednesday, recounted his 56-day ordeal in captivity with a message of courage, saying, “I’m not afraid to return to school.”
The minor described how he and other victims trekked for an entire day to the kidnappers’ camp and lived under trees before they were rescued.
Hassan spoke with journalists in Ogbomoso on Wednesday shortly after he and other rescued pupils and teachers were released from the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, where they had received medical treatment and psychological support.
The pupil recalled that he was writing a test when armed men stormed his school and forced the pupils and teachers into the forest at gunpoint.
