A teacher rescued from the mass abduction of pupils and staff in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State has dismissed social media claims suggesting the incident was staged.
Zachery Olatunde, who spent 56 days in captivity alongside 43 others, explained that the pupils were dressed in matching native attire when they regained freedom because they had been abducted on a Friday, the designated day for traditional wear in schools.
Speaking in a video shared by Oyo Matters, Olatunde said: “They said the children were wearing matching ankara. Are they not in Oyo State? Don’t they know that the government has ordered that schoolchildren should be wearing native attires on Friday?”
He further clarified that the abductors occasionally washed the captives’ clothes when they became excessively dirty, countering claims that the victims looked “too clean” after weeks in captivity.
Olatunde stressed that the ordeal was real, pointing to the deaths of two teachers during the abduction as proof.
“Those saying the kidnapping was staged don’t know what they are saying. If it was staged, would they have killed two people?” he said, urging Nigerians to stop spreading false narratives.
The Federal Government announced on July 10 that all 44 abducted pupils and teachers had been rescued through a joint operation involving the Nigerian Army, Police, DSS, Civil Defence, Amotekun Corps, and local vigilantes. The Presidency maintained that no ransom was paid.
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