{"id":6354,"date":"2026-05-15T11:51:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/?p=6354"},"modified":"2026-05-15T11:51:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T11:51:33","slug":"gunmen-storm-oyo-abduct-school-principal-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/gunmen-storm-oyo-abduct-school-principal-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Storm Oyo, Abduct School Principal, Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some gunmen have invaded Ahoro-Esinele community in Oriire local government area in Oyo State. <br \/><br \/>It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community between 8.am and 9.am and kidnapped an unspecified number of students of a secondary school within the community, Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele. <br \/><br \/>A source close to the community also disclosed that the kidnappers also abducted the school principal, identified as Mrs Rachael Alamu and shot a teacher.<br \/><br \/><br \/>The source also added that the suspects drove the principal away in her car and later escaped into a forest reserve that borders the community.<br \/><br \/>Speaking to our correspondent, the source said, \u201cAn unspecified number of students. We don\u2019t know their number. <br \/><br \/>\u201cThe school principal, Mrs Rachel Alamu, was also abducted. They also shot a teacher in the school. I don\u2019t know the sex of the teacher. <br \/><br \/>\u201cThe police station is far from that place. The nearest police station should be Ikoyi Division\u201d.<br \/><br \/>Public Relations Officer of the State Police command, Olayinka Ayanlade, when contacted, confirmed that there was an attack in the community. <br \/><br \/>Ayanlade in a telephone conversation, did not confirm whether anyone was kidnapped or not. <br \/><br \/>He said that the Commissioner of Police and his team were on their way to the area. <br \/><br \/>\u201cThere was an attack in that area. The Commissioner of Police is on his way to the area.\u201d<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some gunmen have invaded Ahoro-Esinele community in Oriire local government area in Oyo State. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community between 8.am and 9.am and kidnapped an unspecified number of students of a secondary school within the community, Community High School, Ahoro-Esinele. A source close to the community also disclosed that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen Storm Oyo, Abduct School Principal, Students - Security Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gunmen Storm Oyo, Abduct School Principal, Students\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/gunmen-storm-oyo-abduct-school-principal-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen Storm Oyo, Abduct School Principal, Students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gunmen Storm Oyo, Abduct School Principal, Students\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/index.php\/2026\/05\/15\/gunmen-storm-oyo-abduct-school-principal-students\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-15T11:51:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.securityfocus.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Kaduna-Bandits-gunmen.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"489\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"245\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Security Focus\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/gunmen-storm-oyo-abduct-school-principal-students\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/gunmen-storm-oyo-abduct-school-principal-students\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Security Focus\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/705d2523871cc6418692ac2d71e674d9\"},\"headline\":\"Gunmen Storm Oyo, Abduct School Principal, Students\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-15T11:51:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/gunmen-storm-oyo-abduct-school-principal-students\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":232,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/gunmen-storm-oyo-abduct-school-principal-students\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/07\\\/Kaduna-Bandits-gunmen.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/gunmen-storm-oyo-abduct-school-principal-students\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/gunmen-storm-oyo-abduct-school-principal-students\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.securityfocus.ng\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/15\\\/gunmen-storm-oyo-abduct-school-principal-students\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gunmen Storm Oyo, Abduct School Principal, Students - 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