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Abducted OSCOTECH Workers Regain Freedom
The Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, workers who were abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen have been released.
Recalls that suspected gunmen kidnapped eight staff of the college, and killed one other who tried to resist being kidnapped.
The gunmen later freed four on Wednesday and there have been little or no details on how they regained their freedom.
SP Folasade Odoro, the spokesperson for Osun police command confirmed the release of the four victims Friday morning.
According to her, the abducted staff regained freedom in the early hours of Friday and have all been reunited with their families.
“The remaining four abducted staff of the college have been released and have been reunited with their families.
“The remaining four abducted staff of the college have been released and have been reunited with their families.
“Efforts are still ongoing to arrest the gunmen that kidnapped them and the police will not stop until the perpetrators are brought to justice,” she said.
The police spokesperson, however, did not say whether or not a ransom was paid for their release, but queried, “how can ransom be paid to abductors that were not seen?”
The institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Adewale Oyekanmi, in an interview with NAN explained how the abduction took place.
He said that the institution’s staff were attacked and kidnapped around 4:30pm while leaving the college premises after close of work on Tuesday.
Oyekanmi said the gunmen blocked the Esa-Oke Road leading to the college campus, stopped the staff vehicles plying the route and abducted them.
“One of the staff was shot and killed when he did not stop and was trying to escape in his car,” he said
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