A report reaching us has it that the pupils and teachers from Orire, Oyo State, kidnapped on May 15, 2026, have been released.
Their release was announced in a post on X on Friday by Bayo Onanuga, spokesman for the Presidency.
“Finally, the kidnapped pupils and teachers in Orire, Oyo, have been freed by their abductors”, Onanuga wrote.
The captives, who were held for 56 days, were freed following an intensive, intelligence-led operation coordinated by the Federal Government and State authorities.
The details of how they succided in freeing the abducted have not been released at the time of this report
