BEVERLY HILLS, January 14, (THEWILL) – A band of armed men on Friday night stormed the Nigerian Tulip International Colleges, NTIC, in Isheri, a border between Lagos and Ogun states, abducting three female students and five staffers of the school.
Disclosing this in a statement issued on Saturday, the Information Officer of the school, Cemal Yigit, said a Turkish teacher was among those made away with by the gang of kidnappers, who he said were armed with dangerous weapons.
The statement reads, “We wish to notify the general public of the unfortunate incident that occurred on January 13, 2017, at the premises of the Nigerian Tulip International Colleges (NTIC) Ogun state.
“At about 9.30pm local time, a group of people armed with dangerous weapons gained entrance to the girls’ section through different means and held hostage three female supervisors, a female cook, a female teacher (Turkish) and three students.
“The school security noticed some movement on the CCTV camera at the girls’ section and promptly deployed security personnel and alerted the relevant security agencies in the area as customary. Upon hearing the security alarm activated and sighting our security personnel, the armed invaders opened fire on the security staff and managed to escape through a very dangerous route with the hostages.
“The security agencies are currently on their trail as the whole area has been cordoned off.”
The school however assured parents and guardians that the students and staff would soon return to safety, stating that everything possible had been deployed “to ensure that our teachers and students return unhurt by God’s grace”.
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