Kidnappers of Turkish International School Students Demand N1.2 billion

kidnappers of students and employees of Turkish International School now known as Tulip International School formerly have contacted the authorities of the school with a ransom demand of N1.2 billion for their release.

According to Channels Television reports, the abductors contacted a family member of one of victims on Sunday with the demand.

Five staff members and three students of the school were on Friday night, abducted from the school premises in Isheri area of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria by unknown gunmen.

The gunmen invaded the school and took the students and teachers away in a white Toyota Hilux vehicle according to the police.

The school authorities also said that the gunmen gained entrance through the back fence of the school premises and escaped through the swamp.

The students, two from the Junior Secondary School and the third in Senior Secondary, were said to have been part of a moral instruction class when they were taken.

The Ogun State government has vowed to do everything to promptly secure the release of the victims.