Rescued pupils and teachers abducted from schools in Oriire, Oyo State, after regaining their freedom following a 56-day captivity. Photo: X/@aonanuga1956
The Chief Medical Director of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Prof Olawale Olakulehin, has announced that eight schoolchildren and one teacher out of 44 rescued kidnap victims are still on admission in the hospital.
Olakulehin made this announcement during an interactive session with the newsmen in his office in Ogbomoso, on Wednesday.
The PUNCH reports that over 40 schoolchildren and their teachers were kidnapped, on Friday, May 15, 2026, and were rescued unharmed on Friday, July 10, 2026, by a joint security agency comprising the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Service, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Western Security Network codenamed Amotekun, vigilante group, hunters and others.
Speaking further, Olakulehin said, “One of the pupils who was diagnosed of congenital heart defect is receiving adequate medical attention. Related News I’m not afraid to return to school, rescued Oyo pupil recounts ordeal in bandits’ captivity Fear persists, Oyo teacher laments lack of security after pupils’ rescue 13 rescued in foiled Zamfara terrorists’ operations
