"The youngest of them, Waliya and Salam, received the worst beating. They would cover their mouths with clothes, tie them and beat them severely," the principal said.

She said the victims were subjected to repeated intimidation by their abductors, who claimed that the government had abandoned them and no longer cared about their fate.

The Principal of Community High School, Ahoro-Esiele in Oyo State, Mrs. Alamu Folawe, has narrated the traumatic ordeal she and other abducted teachers and pupils endured in the…