DELTA: Gunmen in army uniform storm school, abduct three teachers

SOME gunmen in army uniform on Tuesday afternoon stormed a school in Uvwie local government area of Delta State and abducted three teachers.

 It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the premises of the Ohorhe secondary school in a gold coloured Highlander, whose registration  none of those present could confirm

According to an eyewitness, the gunmen drove into the school and  bide their time, by parking for some time in the premises, before storming the school staff room to abduct the three teachers.

 According to an eyewitness who preferred anonymity said: “I was in the village. I was sitting with my two brothers. I am not living here. I came for a visit. The next minute, what we heard was: kidnappers, kidnappers.

 “So we ran down to the school. Before getting there, the kidnappers have already gone.

“Then we went to meet the teachers and they started explaining that some gunmen, they came into the school in army uniform, that they drove in in one gold coloured Highlander.

“When they came, they parked. After some time, they came down. They entered the staff room wielding guns. They abducted three teachers.

“When our community boys heard the shout of kidnappers, they started running towards the direction of the school. They met the Highlander coming out of the school premises and they pointed gun at the boys.

“The boys ran down there with their empty hands, no cutlass, no wood, and nothing; so they had to back off as there was nothing they could do in that situation.

“They started shouting to draw attention as the school is close to the road. Before others came, the kidnappers are already gone”.

Meanwhile, two suspected armed thieves were set ablaze by a mob along Okumagba Avenue, by Emebiren junction in Warri, Delta State, in the early hours of Tuesday.

The duo were pursued to the location where they were trapped and tortured before they were set ablaze.

According to reports, the suspected robbers got to the area about 5:30 am in a commercial tricycle to operate, but were stopped by the mob.

The Divisional Police Officer, “B” Division in Warri, CSP Benjamin Igometi, confirmed the incident. He stated that he received distress calls from the neighborhood in the early hours of the day that some robbers were operating.

”They just called me just now that some robbers came to attack in that area, and they caught them, and they were lynched. That’s what I heard.” he said.