Ondo school principal, vice, teachers abducted

Gunmen

Gunmen have abducted the principal of Auga Community Grammar School in Ondo, Joshua Adeyemi; vice-principal, Ifedayo Yesufu; a teacher of the school, Oloyede Bukola; and two NPower teachers in the school; Adagunodo Funmilayo and Blessing Okeke.

The incident occurred on Thursday along the Auga/Ise-Akoko Road in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of the state while they were travelling in a Toyota car.

One of the victims Mrs Okeke, who is pregnant, was later released by her abductors, Channels Television gathered.

Okeke alerted the families of the victims who then reported the incident to the police.

Spokesperson of the police in Ondo Funmilayo Odunlami told the broadcaster that a team of policemen has since been deployed to the area.

She said the team is combing the forest and the entire vicinity to rescue the remaining four victims and apprehend the kidnappers.