The husband of Mary Akanbi, one of the teachers abducted last Friday from two schools in the Oriire LGA of Oyo state, has appealed to the kidnappers to take him instead and release his wife and their 18-month-old baby.
The man spoke in a viral
video clipped from an interview with Chude Jideonwo after the
media personality visited Ogbomoso days after gunmen kidnapped teachers and
pupils from Baptist Nursery and Primary School, Yawota; Community Grammar
School, Esiele; and LA Primary School in Oriire LGA.
Two people were killed during the attacks, while at least 45
schoolchildren, alongside a principal and several teachers, were reportedly
abducted. One of the abducted teachers was later killed in captivity.
“We the victims, are the only people remaining in the
community, with no security personnel and no protection whatsoever. Most of the
security personnel who tried the rescue mission were all wasted,” the man said.
“I will gladly give myself to them for the sake of my wife
and my child. Let them free my wife and my child and just take me instead.
“I am in the exact community where my family was taken. Let
them come for me instead. They have taken everything; they have ruined my
life.”
In a viral video, the abducted teacher had appealed to
President Bola Tinubu and Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, to intervene and
secure the release of the kidnapped teachers and pupils.
President Tinubu, on Monday, condemned the abduction and the reported
“barbaric” killing of one of the abducted teachers, saying a “rescue operation
is underway.”
“I am saddened by the reported killing of one of the
teachers kidnapped by the gunmen who invaded the community,” the president had
said.
“I sympathise with Governor Seyi Makinde and commend the
steps he has taken on the matter. I sympathise with the families of the
kidnapped victims.
“The Federal Government is working with the Oyo State
government to rescue all the victims. I commend the Inspector-General of Police
and the Commissioners of Police in Oyo and Kwara States for their quick
intervention and the deployment of a tactical and the Intelligence Response
Team (IRT) team to rescue the victims.”
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