Oyo abduction: We’re not aware of ransom demand for schoolchildren, teachers – Police

The South-West Coordinating Deputy Inspector-General of Police, DIG, Adegoke Fayoade, has said the Nigeria Police Force is unaware of immoderate ransom request by abductors of schoolchildren and teachers successful Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State.

Fayoade made this known on Monday during an authoritative sojourn to the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters successful Ikeja, Lagos.

He assured that coordinated information operations were ongoing to guarantee the swift and harmless rescue of the victims.

Responding to questions connected reports of ransom demands, the DIG stated that the constabulary bash not prosecute successful specified discussions. “We don’t cognize thing astir ransom due to the fact that we don’t speech astir ransom. All efforts are directed towards getting the abductees freed safely,” helium said.

He added that aggregate information agencies were moving unneurotic to unafraid the merchandise of the abducted pupils and their teachers “in the shortest imaginable time.”

“All agencies, including government, are moving precise hard, and I tin guarantee you that wrong the shortest imaginable time, those children and their teachers volition beryllium free,” helium added.