Oriire abduction: Children were beaten, teachers chained — Alamu, Principal
* Says: We were forced to trek through forest at night lThey ate cocoyam, noodles, drank from a waterfall for 56 days —Victims’ relative lInitial operation that led to security agents; death —Sources lVictims hidden inside a cave close to waterfall THE principal abducted alongside teachers, students and pupils in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mrs Racheal Alamu, yesterday, recounted the harrowing 56-day ordeal in captivity, revealing that children were beaten into silence, male teachers chained and blindfolded, while the victims were repeatedly forced to undertake dangerous midnight treks through forests to evade security operatives. Mrs Alamu spoke after she and the rescued teachers and pupils were officially handed over to Governor Seyi Makinde at the Governor’s Office, Secretariat in Ibadan. Describing life in captivity, she said the victims spent most of the 56 days in the open forest, exposed to harsh weather conditions while struggling to ...